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    Brown Act

    Ad hoc committees under the Brown Act

    […] being propaganda machines or special interest mechanisms. My question is at what political or length of time threshold (economic revitalization seems like a non-temporary issue to me) is an issue no longer a candidate for ad hoc committees, but for regular " standing" subcommittees that the public can attend? Is there a law about this?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Can a city council member who is not a member of a committee make a public comment during the committee’s meeting?

    […] you mentioned is also a "legislative body" because it is a committee "created by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body." Govt. Code § 54952(b). Ordinarily, any member of the public may give public comment during the meeting of a legislative body. With respect to public comments, Government Code section 54954.3(a) states, […]

    April 24, 2025

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    Financials

    […] and generosity of our community of donors. We take pride in our financial efficiency, program effectiveness, organizational health, leadership, and stability. We’re efficient: With minimal fundraising and administrative costs, FAC reaches people in every corner of California, directly serving well over 1,000 Californians annually, including over 800 journalists, as well as millions who benefit […]

    July 3, 2024

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    Why Support FAC?

    […] First Amendment experts fight for these protections and for government transparency on multiple fronts, bringing our decades of experience to bear by using our model of integrated advocacy—litigation, public education, and policy advocacy—to attack violations of our core rights at the local, state, and federal levels. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, FAC believes that the broadest […]

    July 20, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Charter schools and public oversight

    […] another local government agency (such as the school district) in the creation of the charter school (for example, an ordinance that calls for the school's creation).  In addition, the articles of incorporation and/or bylaws of the charter school may provide evidence that the city, or other government entity, was responsible for its creation. Second, […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Regulations on public comment

    […] formal action of a legislative body.  Generally, this is the case regardless of whether the body is permanent or temporary, advisory or decision-making.  However, Government Code section 54952(b) exempts advisory committees that are comprised solely of less than a quorum of the members of the legislative body that created them.  This exemption does not apply, […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act cover a committee made up of two agencies with two members each?

    […] advisory committees, composed solely of the members of the legislative body that are less than a quorum of the legislative body are not legislative bodies, except that standing committees of a legislative body, irrespective of their composition, which have a continuing subject matter jurisdiction, or a meeting schedule fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution, or […]

    August 22, 2025

  • Latest News

    If hard-won court victory against Prop 8 is tossed out because of “standing” defect, you can thank Jerry Brown

    […] of Prop 8's supporters. Although the defenders of Prop 8 were ably represented in Judge Walker's courtroom by conservative litigator Charles Cooper, they may lack legal " standing"--a constitutional requirement in federal suits--to appeal Judge Walker's decision to the federal court of appeals and, ultimately, to the US Supreme Court. Judge Walker highlighted this […]

    August 18, 2010

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Regional Centers and the CPRA

    […] California, and not a nonprofit affiliated with a local government in the ways described above. (Note that the Attorney General opinion you point to in your inquiry addressed a nonprofit that operated under a franchise agreement with a city, not the state). However, it is possible that the Brown Act and the CPRA apply […]

    June 14, 2009