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    Brown Act CPRA

    Regional Centers and the CPRA

    Are the roughly 21 private non-profit corporations known as Regional Centers (effectively created by the Lanterman Act)  that operate under contract with the Department of Development Services, subject to the Brown Act, and thus, to the CPRA?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Charter schools and public oversight

    […] charter school my children attend has not been properly permitted and fire codes have been violated. The Governing Board falls under the Brown Act as a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation. Can I request and receive copies of permits from the school for the portable classrooms on campus? Because one of the Board members […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Which Meetings are Governed by the Brown Act? Bagley-Keen Act?

    Are relevant portions of the following meetings governed by the Brown Act (or the Bagley-Keen Act)?:  The board meetings of a nonprofit that a County Dept of Mental Health has contracted with to run a program which has been fully developed by the County Mental Health Department, when that board discusses such program?  The […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Brown Act Rules for Non-Profits

    As a public non profit corporation that’s primary purpose is to support the public elementary school are we required to comply with the Brown Act? Does having the Principal of the school on the executive board have any bearing on complying with the Brown Act?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Religious institutions and the Brown Act

    I would like to find out if the Brown Act applies to Churches/Temples that are non profit or charitable institutions? Can the President of a board of directors have meetings with a few members of the board without taking minutes and without the full executive committee brought in to the "dinner" or meeting prior […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Are Community Action Agencies Subject to the Brown Act?

    You would think that Community Action Agencies ( nonprofit 501c3) would be subject to the Brown Act since they were created under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, are required to have one-third of their board made up of elected officials, and receive huge amounts of federal and state tax payer monies, etc. But […]

    October 30, 2020

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    Brown Act

    When does a non-profit fall under the Brown Act?

    If a city establishes an Association and it is registered as a nonprofit under 501(c)(6) does that Association fall under the Brown Act? If the Association does receive monies from the City under an Assessment is the Association under the Brown Act? If the Association establishes a new organization and is registered as a […]

    July 31, 2013

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    CPRA

    Council-elect make decisions, but claim documents are not public

    […] other local public agency; or entities that are legislative bodies of a local agency pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 54952."Gov't Code section 6252(a). Section 54952(c) of the Government Code defines a "legislative body" as: (1) A board, commission, committee, or other multimember body that governs a private corporation, limited liability company, or […]

    October 21, 2010

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Park & Rec “advisory committee” keeping its advice secret

    Your inquiry seems to implicate both the Brown Act and the Public Records Act, each of which I will address in turn. First is the question of whether the president of the parks & rec board can form a "management committee," which sounds like it is an advisory committee to the full parks & […]

    August 8, 2011