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Regulations on public comment
June 14, 2009
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The public is severely limited in county meeting participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Is this a Brown Act violation?
July 23, 2020
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Improper Noticing of Serial and Special Meetings In Violation of the Brown Act
March 11, 2020
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Does Brown Act Allow Adding Agenda Items Less Than 72-Hours Before A Meeting?
May 19, 2020
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Brown signs “Richard McKee bill” to tighten Brown Act enforcement
October 14, 2012
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Supreme Court’s much-maligned First Amendment decision will, in fact, expand freedom of speech
[…] political speech, on the basis of the legal status of the speaker. To appreciate the impact of Citizens United, consider, as one example, the decision's implications for nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit charitable and educational organizations (so-called section 501(C)(3) nonprofits, because they are exempt from tax under that provision of the federal tax code) are subject […]April 5, 2010
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IRS censorship of nonprofits must give way to the First Amendment
Because of legal restrictions on nonprofit, "charitable" organizations, I am not allowed to say that Donald Trump poses an existential threat to First Amendment freedoms. I believe it to be true. But as executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, I am supposed to keep such thoughts to myself. The freedom to engage in […]July 28, 2016
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The Brown Act and non-government youth organizations
[…] member). If either condition applies, the board of even a private corporation must hold noticed public meetings that comply with the Brown Act, per Government Code section 54952(c)(1). The Public Records Act extends to "nonprofit organizations of local governmental agencies and officials that are supported solely by public funds." Gov't Code sec. 6252. We […]June 14, 2009
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Mayor up for reelection wants to stifle public comment on candidates
August 30, 2010
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Does Brown Act allow School District, City to negotiate millions in fees in closed session?
November 25, 2015