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    Brown Act

    Closed sessions to“items discussed not falling within their jurisdiction”

    […] requirement, the Brown Act requires the legislative body to orally announce the items to be discussed in closed session prior to any closed-session meeting.  (Gov't Code § 54957.7(a).) This requirement may be satisfied by referring to the item by number as it appears on the agenda.  In the closed session, the legislative body can […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    I ask for transparency; they ask me to resign

    […] will address each question in turn. 1. The Brown Act permits an agency to appoint a person to a position in a closed session. Govt. Code section 54957. However, prior to holding the closed session, the agency must notify the public in open session, on its agenda, or both, of the items to be […]

    January 11, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Convening in closed sessions

    […] respect to whether the board can hold a closed session to discuss the supervisor search and appointment, the answer to that question is yes.   Government Code Section 54957 provides that boards may hold closed meetings to "consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Parent’s email complaint entered as a public comment by school site council

    […] not have been posted on the original agenda. Further, the Brown Act has a specific provision that relates to how to handle employee disciplinary matters: Under Section 54957(b), a legislative body of a local agency may hold a closed session during a regular or special meeting "to consider the . . . discipline, or […]

    May 3, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Closed sessions under the Brown Act

    […] requests a public session, but note that the term "employee" does not include an elected official or a member of a legislative body.  (Cal. Gov't Code § 54957(a)(2).)  Please note, however, that the term "employee" does not include any elected official or member of the legislative body.  (Cal. Gov't Code § 54957(a)(4).) —To discuss […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Mayor’s appearance calendar

    A local activist says that the Mayor and City Attorney "have both sent me letters refusing to divulge the mayor's calendar of scheduled May appearances as Mayor and/or his appointment book of meetings as Mayor for the past two months." Is this legal under Prop 59?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    School Board Closed Sessions with Administrators

    […] employee requests a public session, but note that the term "employee"  does not include an elected official or a member of a legislative body (Gov't Code § 54957) -To discuss and decide whether an applicant for a license or license renewal who has a criminal record is sufficiently rehabilitated to obtain the license (Gov't […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    What is the Brown Act statute of limitations?

    […] ago, but I am only now reading that the board violated the Brown Act by not disclosing that my position would be discussed in closed session --- 54957. (2) is the violation. I see from your A&A section that there is only only a 90-day window of opportunity to submit a Cure & Correct […]

    February 3, 2012