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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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Costs soar for City Council meeting DVDs
September 5, 2011
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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
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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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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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FAC Intervenes After a Man Was Refused Bodyworn Camera Footage of His Own Arrest by Redding Police
November 25, 2025
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FAC Represents Newsroom After Shasta Elections Official Illegally Excludes its Journalists from Media Release Distribution
October 9, 2025
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SPLC, FAC urge Stanford to call for DA to decline charges against student journalist
January 17, 2025
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May 1, 2024