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Tom Burke and Quentin Kopp join FAC Board
October 2, 2014
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Public officials’ love of secrecy is no match for the public’s love to watch government decision-making up close. In California, democratic voyeurism prevails.
June 2, 2009
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In their handling of controversy surrounding Chemerinsky and Summers, UC’s leaders showed themselves unable or unwilling to defend academic freedom
June 3, 2009
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A California Perspective on AG Alberto Gonzales’ Problems
[…] the emails. Although the administration has invoked executive privilege to resist Congressional demands that executive branch officials testify in public and under oath about the US Attorney- dismissals, there has been no similar tug-of-war over the emails. Secretive as the federal government is in many areas, its deliberations are an open book compared to […]June 2, 2009
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FAC, ACLU Oppose Temecula School Board’s Attempt to Throw Out Public Interest Lawsuit
January 18, 2024
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Union representatives in closed labor negotiations
A closed session may be held, pursuant to section 54957.6 of the Brown Act, to discuss salaries, salary schedules, fringe benefits, and other issues within the scope of negotiations between a local agency and its employees with the local agency's representative. The purpose of this closed session is only to consult with its own […]June 14, 2009
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School District agenda packets
[…] a majority of the members of a public body must be provided to the public (unless exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act). (Government Code section 54957.5, reproduced below.) Agenda packets consist of the documents distributed to the public body, so they must be provided to the public upon request, except to the […]June 14, 2009
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Requests for applications of public positions
June 14, 2009
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Recording public’s comments in board minutes
[…] at the meetings. With respect to the letters addressed to the legislative bodies, the Brown Act makes such documents accessible under the California Public Records Act. Section 54957.5 of the Brown Act provides, in part: "(a) Notwithstanding Section 6255 or any other provisions of law, agendas of public meetings and any other writings, when […]June 14, 2009
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Are Community Action Agencies Subject to the Brown Act?
October 30, 2020