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    Brown Act

    Unauthorized meetings to discuss matters within jurisdiction

    I have questions about the brown act.  If three city council members meet at private home owners associations and each discuss city business and pending issues the council will be voting on, is that considered a violation of the brown act?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Quorums, Listservs, and the Brown Act

    I am a member of the faculty at a California Community College and a member of the Academic Senate.  The Academic Senate is governed by the Brown Act.  The faculty have a listserv--electronic discussion forum.  If a quorum or more members of the Senate are subscribed to the listserv (closed to all but faculty […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Obligation to post minutes if no action is taken

    If a public school Board district holds a special meeting, are they required to post the minutes ASAP for 10 days after the meeting even if no vote was taken? The superintendent has told me no minutes need to be taken unless action or a vote was taken?This "Special Meeting" had one agenda Item […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Cure and correct Brown Act violations

    […] level and they have already decided on potential site locations, etc, and oversee a consultant. We have asked to quietly observe these meetings, but have been told by the city and county planners that these are 'staff meetings' and that the public is not allowed access. The planners did hold one public workshop with […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed sessions…

    Our city attorney is planning a closed session meeting with the city council and police review commission to discuss a recent court decision regarding open police complaint hearings.  Is this legal?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed Session Performance Evaluations

    On the City Council agenda it states under closed session: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and 54957.6, the City Council will meet with the City Administrator, to hold performance evaluations and consider the salaries for the Director of Parks and Trees, the Director of Community Development and Public Works... All department heads are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Protest Rights

    Can private shopping malls restrict my right to protest?

    […] Action group in Hawaii wants to demonstrate against military recruiters located in a private shopping mall.  We'd like to know whether there is a right to access the recruiting office which transcends the right of the private shopping mall operators to remove us or have us arrested for "trespassing" in their mall.  We are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Newsgathering

    Accessing the black hole of the CIA

    I am a reporter, and I have a question re: FOIA requests for CIA files. Specifically, I would like the employment records of a local mayor who says she was a CIA operative for 31 years.  But I'm worried that if I frame the request the wrong way, it will be denied, because I […]

    June 14, 2009