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    Brown Act CPRA

    Proposals and Public Records, Limiting Public Comment

    […] body prior to a meeting to educate them on the pending business, these documents are accessible to the public under the California Public Records Act ("PRA").  Section 54957.5 of the Brown Act states that "agendas of public meetings and any other writings, when distributed to all, or a majority of all, of the members […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Personal attacks in public meetings

    The only provision in the Brown Act concerning disorderly conduct is found in section 54957.9.  This section permits a legislative body to exclude all persons who willfully cause a disruption of a meeting so that it cannot be conducted in an orderly fashion.  Although this provision is typically applied in open meetings to exclude […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Lawsuits Among School Trustees

    […] a party; a decision to participate as an amicus curiae in a third-party case; and a decision to approve the settlement of pending litigation.  Govt. Code Section 54957.1. As for prohibited disclosure, the Brown Act provides that "a person may not disclose confidential information that has been acquired by being present in a closed […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Internal audit reports and the CPRA

    […] available upon request without delay. However, this section shall not include any writing exempt from public disclosure under Section 6253.5, 6254, 6254.7, or 6254.22."  Govt. Code Section 54957.5.  Accordingly, the reports should be disclosed unless they were not distributed in connection with a matter subject to discussion or consideration at a public meeting of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed Sessions of City Council Meetings

    […] required to be disclosed is contained on the posted agenda, the disclosure can take the form of a reference to the posted agenda.  See Govt. Code Section 54956.7 - 54957.  Otherwise, I am not aware of any provision of the Brown Act that would prohibit holding a closed session at the beginning of a meeting.

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    City-Funded Committees with Non-Public Official Member

    […] of meeting agendas, and information required to be provided as part of the public report of action taken in closed session, as provided by Government Code section 54957.1.  However, this wouldn't cover your current inquiry for a list of names of members of the open space committee. If you have not already done so, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Can settlements be negotiated in closed session if no pending litigation exists?

    […] if the action taken by the water district has resolved or settled the threatened litigation, they must report that out in public session.  See Government Code section 54957.1(a)(3).  Hopefully, by this time, you’ve discovered what the threatened litigation was.  That should allow you to determine whether there was a legitimate basis for holding the […]

    June 14, 2009