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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Limiting Public Comment to Issues Not Already Covered

    […] the individuals coming forward that when they are giving their testimonies they are to limit their comments to issue other than what has already been brought up by previous testimonies. My problem with this is that it appears to be limiting people’s testimonies.  I see the practicality of have such a policy during these […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Juvenile Justice Commissions and the Brown Act

    Are the meetings of Juvenile Justice Commissions, which are entities created by California W & I Code Set. 225, governed by the Brown Act?

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act

    Is a task force a “state body” under the Bagley-Keene Act?

    Caltrans is holding Highway Task Force meetings and it has been announced that these meetings will not be open to the public. I received the following reply from the Caltrans public affairs: Since this is not a public meeting, the task force meeting will be made up of 10 members from each community that […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Is a contracted City Attorney a city employee?

    Are contracted City Attorneys considered city employees? I'm asking because the city I cover has scheduled a closed-session meeting to review the job performance of its City Attorney. This comes at a time when a few council members want to replace the current attorney, who charges $130 per hour, with a full-time, in-house attorney […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Going after omitted information

    […] the PRA  "'sets forth specific procedures for seeking a judicial determination of a public agency's obligation to disclose records in the event the agency denies a request by a member of the public.'"  Id. at 1408 (quoting Filarsky v. Superior Court, 28 Cal. 4th 419, 426 (2002)).  Specifically, you can file a petition in […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Giving conditions to public records requests

    I am a paid-call firefighter (Volunteer) at a Fire Protection District in the Bay Area. I am writing about and incident that happened to me. I telephoned the district’s secretary and asked if I could see the last six months of minutes from the Board of Directors meetings.  She told me that they were […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Does the agency have to know why you want records

    The answer to your question is "no."  You do not have to state the purpose for why you are seeking public records.  The California Public Records Act ("PRA") prohibits "limitations on access to a public record based upon the purpose of which the record is being requested, if the record is otherwise subject […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Discussion of Employee Termination in Closed Session

    In 2007, the City held its last budget study session and on the closed session my job, as Director of Finance, title or position was never put on for discussion, nor was my job title put on for closed session since I started with the City. The next morning the mayor and the City […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Denying public comment

    Can a City Council deny public comment on an agendized item?  At the start of a Council meeting, the Mayor told the many people present they might speak on any item on the agenda when it came up. When under Administrative Items, there was an item reconsidering a certain program but the Mayor would […]

    June 14, 2009