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    Brown Act

    School Boards, Closed Sessions, and Student Files

    […] Brown Act requires the school district to disclose, in the open meeting, "the item or items to be discussed in the closed session."  Cal. Gov. Code Sec. 54957.7.  Nothing in that section "shall require or authorize a disclosure of information prohibited by state or federal law."  Id.  While the authority to conduct a closed […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Does the CPRA cover private entities that do work for government?

    […] (1) A board, commission, committee, or other multimember body that governs a private corporation, limited liability company, or other entity that either: (A) Is created by the elected legislative body in order to exercise authority that may lawfully be delegated by the elected governing body to a private corporation, limited liability company, or other […]

    March 6, 2014

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    CPRA

    When government outsources program are documents public?

    […] (1) A board, commission, committee, or other multimember body that governs a private corporation, limited liability company, or other entity that either: (A) Is created by the elected legislative body in order to exercise authority that may lawfully be delegated by the elected governing body to a private corporation, limited liability company, or other […]

    October 10, 2011

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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Utility District board member access to agenda information

    […] Cal. App. 4th 1242, 1259 (2006)), nothing limits your rights under the Public Records Act.  "Notwithstanding the definition of ‘member of the public’ in Section 6252, an elected member or officer of any state or local agency is entitled to access to public records of that agency on the same basis as any other […]

    March 30, 2016

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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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    Tracy case tests the power of government officials to avoid disclosure of their emails on public business

    […] a First Amendment expert to see that Tracy’s theory, if accepted by the courts, would convert California’s Public Records Act into its opposite, an Official Secrecy Act. Elected officials and public employees would use official email accounts for proclamations, resolutions, press releases and other official drivel intended for public consumption, while switching to their […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act apply to volunteer fire company

    […] (1) A board, commission, committee, or other multimember body that governs a private corporation, limited liability company, or other entity that either: (A) Is created by the elected legislative body in order to exercise authority that may lawfully be delegated by the elected governing body to a private corporation, limited liability company, or other […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Is A Chamber of Commerce Subject to the Brown Act?

    […] "a board, commission, committee, or other multimember body that governs a private corporation, limited liability company, or other entity" if that entity either: (A) is created by the elected legislative body in order to exercise authority that may lawfully be delegated by the elected governing body to a private corporation, limited liability company, or other […]

    June 13, 2018