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  • Asked and Answered

    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

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    FAC News Press Release

    Wired.com Editor Hansen elected president of FAC board; media attorney Melamed is VP; Gingras, of Google, joins Board.

    The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce that Wired.com Editor in Chief Evan Hansen has been elected President of FAC's board of directors. He takes over from John Raess,  San Francisco Bureau Chief for the Associated Press, who had served as President of the Board since 2010. Carol Melamed, media attorney and former […]

    April 19, 2012

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    Brown Act

    No vote on new superintendent, but of consensus reached in closed session

    […] Act contains a few narrow exceptions to its general requirement that meetings be open to the public.  One of these exceptions is found in Government Code § 54957(b), which authorizes public agencies to hold a meeting in closed session "to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee."  This […]

    August 26, 2016

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    A Guide to 2023 Open Meetings Law Changes

    […] of health authorities can still meet via teleconference if the health authority provides a teleconference number for remote participants. SB 1100 (Cortese) codified at Gov. Code section 54957.95 (new section) Open Meetings: Orderly Conduct Under the Brown Act, all members of the public have a right to attend and participate in all public meetings […]

    February 16, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    School Board Voted In Secret to Pick New Superintendent

    […] the Brown Act does permit for some discussions to be held behind closed doors, but these exceptions are to be construed narrowly. With respect to hiring decisions,Section 54957(b) permits a legislative body of a local agency to hold a closed sessions during a regular or special meeting "to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of […]

    December 10, 2018

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    Brown Act

    Board member shared confidential information after closed session

    […] permits an agency to meet in a closed session "to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee."  Gov’t Code § 54957(b). The Brown Act prohibits disclosure of "confidential information" obtained at a closed session held pursuant to the Brown Act to "a person not entitled to receive […]

    September 9, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    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

    Dealing with a cure and correct notice in a closed session

    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 or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee unless the employee requests a public session."  (Full text of Section 54957 reproduced […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    Can the First Amendment Survive President Trump?

    […] the government’s power over citizens. The First Amendment does not have an army to enforce these limitations. They work---that is, they restrain government---because the people and their elected officials consent to them, even though the whole idea of freedom of speech is fundamentally anti-democratic. Freedom of speech again and again has been applied to […]

    November 18, 2016