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    Brown Act

    Agenda Item Descriptions

    […] a Brown Act violation for a School Board agenda to include an item on its agenda called "Board Discussion"?  I read 54954.2(b) An agenda must ...shall state the meeting time and place and must contain "a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting, including items […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Advisory committees and the Brown Act

    The local school board recently changed the high school graduation requirement, with no prior parent notification or input. An advisory committee comprised of 30 teachers and district administrators reviewed graduation requirements and compiled a report and recommendation to the Board.  Since no community members or parents were included on the committee, or notified […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing the California Commission on Judicial Performance

    I filed a complaint against a California Superior Court judge with the California Commission on Judicial performance. That agency stated that we filed a complaint that was well presented. Initially they asked for more background information and said they would review the complaint if we provided that information. After providing further proof that numerous […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing Field Interrogation Cards

    I work for a law enforcement agency. I have been requested by a property management security company to search our database for all events and contacts pertaining to an individual who is a transient and a nuisance to their complex. The security company is in the process of obtaining a "Stay Away Order" and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing consumer complaint records

    I requested some records from AG California, after California reached a settlement with Bayer. The requested records pertained to the investigation of a medicine called Baycoland. AG California has denied my request on the ground that consumer complaints and confidential law enforcement records of the AG are exempt from disclosure to the public pursuant […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Pending Workman compensation claims

    I'm curious about workman compensation claims. Are they considered public information while they are still pending?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Public Comment on Public Contracts

    There is a case (which was cited by one of my City's Attorneys) wherein negotiation of a public proposal (in my case a city-owned building to be sold and developed by a private developer--AND it is an official state historic resource) does not have to be revealed until the negotiations are complete, and if […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Posting agendas and notification of action in special/closed sessions

    A School Board is subject to the Brown Act yet a principal was dismissed without cause after a Special meeting /closed session 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 […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Reports

    Using information provided at a journalism conference by a CFAC attorney, I asked a local police agency for a basic incident report on a fatal hazing incident, citing 6254F, F1 and F2. The officer said he was not required to give the report, citing (of all things) 6254 F. I asked if he could […]

    June 14, 2009