Search Results

Clear Results
Category
Topic
Select Year

Showing 161 - 170 of 1858 results

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Defining “action taken” and sufficiently describing agenda items

    We believe based on a published Attorney General's Opinion that the Brown Act applies to student governments at community colleges. Our student government, which distributes about $1.3 million per year in student fees, seems to consistently violate the Brown Act, particularly with respect to notice of its intended actions. Specifically, while our student government […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police Call and Arrest Logs

    […] How long must these records be provided for? One of the contentions was that if it fell off the website after the week that it appears there by convention, the public no longer had access to the records. I was told that because they fell off the Website after the requisite week of their […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Obtaining Copies of Police Reports Relating to a Minor

    The Sheriff’s Office refused to provide me with a copy of their Police Report about a shooting. I stated that my son (9-yr old) resides at an address near the shooting and he is in mortal danger. I need this report for the Family Court.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Complaints, and Public Record

    […] records, as they are public.") Please note: I am seeking the list of complaints, as opposed to the lists of violation notices given to the building owner/manager by the Code Department. This is because, according to other tenants, they often complain and the Code Department does not issue the owner/manager a violation list. My […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Co-op non-profits

    […] shareholder and did NOT vote in front of the membership to pursue it, is there any case or lawsuit you can refer me to where a decision by the court has been reached regarding the legality of such a meeting?  The board of directors did not mention how many board members were present, who […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can the School District Refuse to Disclose Legal Fees Because of Attorney-Client Privilege?

    A school district in California is refusing to disclose the amounts paid to outside legal counsel to defend itself in a federal lawsuit filed by a school board member. District officials are citing the appellate decision in LA County Board of Supervisors v. Superior Court as supporting case law. Have you encountered this defense? […]

    August 7, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can Employment Records & Dismissal Be Presented in City Council Open Session?

    […] to hear non-adopt arguments with regard to a proposed Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) decision to fully reinstate employment of a firefighter. My husband never received notice of the open session (hearing). Also, on the agenda it listed his full name and that at this open session there would not be any public comment allowed […]

    November 16, 2018

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Journalists must be allowed to do their jobs while government officials do theirs

    The homelessness crisis is one of the biggest issues facing California. To understand the human toll of housing insecurity and to assess the efficacy of government response, we depend on journalists to sort fact from fiction. And to bear witness when governments take action. That is especially true when it comes to sweeps of […]

    September 17, 2024