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CPRA

Access to appointment calendars

[…] California Constitution (Article I, section 3(b) of the California Constitution, to be precise).Neither the CPRA nor Article I, section 3(b) of the Constitution expressly say that " appointment calendars shall be disclosed." Rather, Proposition 59 was intended to reverse an interpretation of the CPRA that had allowed appointment calendars to be withheld. Specifically, the […]

June 14, 2009
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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

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 CPRA

The CPRA, the Brown Act and Retirement Trusts

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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Brown Act

Posting agendas and notification of action in special/closed sessions

[…] in which no one was notified nor was it posted at the site where the meeting was held (it was posted on a website) nor has the decision been posted for the ten day requirement following the meeting. The staff and parents are in an uproar over the methods and dismissal. What can be done?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Closed Session Voting

[…] employee, or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee, unless the employee requests a public session." Cal Gov't Code § 54957(b)(1). With regard to the confidentiality of closed sessions, the Brown Act provides that "a person may not disclose confidential information that has been acquired by being […]

June 14, 2009