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    Brown Act

    Mayor and University Official Meetings

    […] include commissions, committees, boards, or other bodies of a local agency created by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body. Cal. Gov't. Code § 54952(b).  Finally, legislative bodies may include a board, commission, committee, or other multimember body that governs a private corporation, limited liability company, or other entity that either: Is […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Governing Boards with Public Funds

    […] order. (b) A board, commission, committee, or similar multimember body that exercises any authority of a state body delegated to it by that state body. (c) An advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, advisory subcommittee, or similar multimember advisory body of a state body, if created by formal action of the state body or […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Senior Center Boards and the Brown Act

    […] 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 […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act Newsgathering

    Reporters wrongly ejected from community college council meeting?

    […] a committee of the official student organization or the board of governors, depends on whether it is also covered by the Brown Act at Government Code section 54952(b). That section applies the Brown Act to committees created by formal action of a covered board. But "advisory committees, composed solely of the members of the legislative […]

    July 19, 2013

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    CPRA

    The CPRA and privately owned utilities companies

    […] 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 7, 2011

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Are a city manager’ meetings with his staff covered by the Brown Act?

    […] code citation. Yet so far I've been unable to find either a court opinion or words in the Act itself which either speak to this scenario or otherwise supports my view of it. What say you? Also would appreciate any advice you may have regarding my recourse options, at least any not involving unaffordable litigation.

    January 18, 2015

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    Brown Act

    What meetings are governed by CA Proposition 54?

    […] Commissions? Mine is trying to say that they are exempt from the requirement to make an audio recording of meetings because: "The Commission doesn’t have the power to vote or passing laws." I'm told they are just an advisory group to the Board of Supervisors but their agendas are full of action items which are acted upon.

    June 6, 2017

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    Blog Cases

    Texas open meeting law supported by FAC amicus stands

    […] both Alpine, Texas, councilors' terms had ended, Avinash Rangra remained an active plaintiff in the case. In dismissing the case, 16 judges held Rangra lacked the proper standing to sue, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) reported today. Earlier this week, FAC filed our own amicus brief written by Rex Heinke […]

    September 11, 2009