Pages
Reporter’s Field Guides
August 27, 2025
Search Results
Showing 71 - 80 of 415 results
-
-
Asked and Answered
What can be done if I believe a public school district has improperly withheld records that should be accessible under the CPRA?
May 27, 2025
-
Asked and Answered
Can a school limit a teacher’s speech?
April 1, 2025
-
Handbooks
Police Transparency Handbook
September 6, 2024
-
Latest News
Court Rules Santa Clara County Must Disclose Parcel Map Database to California First Amendment Coalition
June 2, 2009
-
Asked and Answered
School Board Agenda Packets Availability
[…] the body, are disclosable public records under the California Public Records Act . . ., and shall be made available upon request without delay." Govt. Code Section 54957.5. The language of Section 54957.5 would strongly suggest that you should be entitled to the agenda packet as soon as it becomes available, and certainly by […]June 14, 2009
-
Asked and Answered
Availability of agendas
The Brown Act does not require government bodies to keep minutes. However, under section 54957.5 of the Brown Act, the body must make agendas and "any other writings" concerning public sessions available "upon request without delay." The body can charge a copying fee, but not if you just want to inspect (and not copy) […]June 14, 2009
-
Asked and Answered
School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private?
[…] meet in closed session. Under the Brown Act, the school board could meet in a closed to evaluate the performance of a school superintendent. Govt. Code § 54957(b); Duval v. Board of Trustees of Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified School District, 93 Cal. App. 4th 902, 909-10. Closed sessions are limited in scope, however, only to discussions that […]August 14, 2014
-
Asked and Answered
When should “anticipated litigation” be agendized?
[…] Tort Claims Act or some other written communication from a potential plaintiff threatening litigation, which claim or communication shall be available for public inspection pursuant to Section 54957.5. (D) A statement made by a person in an open and public meeting threatening litigation on a specific matter within the responsibility of the legislative body. […]February 3, 2014
-
Asked and Answered
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