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    Brown Act

    Can A Public Official Interrupt A Speaker During Public Comment Time?

    […] the understanding that Supervisors are not allowed to publicly comment on matters raised during the public comment period as those matters are not posted upon the Board's agenda that is required to be publicly noticed at least 72 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. Furthermore, the Supervisor's outburst seemed to me to be […]

    May 30, 2018

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    Brown Act

    Time restrictions on public comment at public meetings

    […] does not state what those limits are and California Attorney General gave a 1992 opinion that five minutes per speaker may be "reasonable" under the circumstances Would a one minute per speaker agenda item be considered "reasonable" and does it meet the test of "ensure that the intent" of accommodating public comment "is carried out?"

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    School District agenda packets

    […] the School District is violating the Brown Act and the Public Records Act.  The Brown Act expressly provides that citizens may request that a copy of the agenda packet be mailed to him or her.  (Government Code section 54954.1, reproduced below.)  In addition, the Brown Act provides that any documents distributed to all or […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    School Board Closed Sessions with Administrators

    […] and apparently regularly invites a "leadership team" of administrators into the Closed Session. The administrators are not necessarily there to answer specific questions that are on the agenda of the Closed Session, but to merely be there in case questions come up. I understand that board members who apparently know this to be a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Mayor up for reelection wants to stifle public comment on candidates

    […] proposing in an interview with a local newspaper and mentioned email communication with the city attorney aimed at creating a city policy that disallows speakers on non agenda items from topics of ballot initiative or candidates, partisan or non partisan. I questioned her in an email after reading the article and she responded in […]

    August 30, 2010

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    Brown Act

    I ask for transparency; they ask me to resign

    […] if this committee is an open, public meeting versus a closed door Brown Act Meeting. There are no meeting minutes and no 72- hour posting of an Agenda, as required by the Brown Act. I have been repeatedly asked to resign from the committee and have been treated very badly because I am asking […]

    January 11, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Charter board meetings flout Brown Act rules

    Addressing your questions in turn: First, with respect to noticing public meetings under the Brown Act, the Act provides that the agenda for any regular public meeting governed by the Act must be posted at least 72 hours before the legislative body's meeting, and should contain a "brief general description of each item of […]

    June 8, 2011