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Brown Act CPRA

Question and Answer Session with Consultants

I was at a recent city council meeting where the engineering consultants put on a presentation to justify doubling the rates we pay for our water. Then there was a question and answer period where the public was invited to address their questions to the consultants. There were many questions about the components of […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Brown Act Requirements and Prohibitions in Relation to Community College Governments

[…] Recently, the student designated to post the notice of our student senate (our legislative body) meeting failed, because of illness, to post it by 3 p.m. Sunday for a meeting the following Wednesday at 3 p.m., though all members and advisors received e-mail copies on time. The agenda was late-posted by 9 a.m. on […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Can I be charged fees for downloading court records posted online?

Riverside Superior Court changes fees to search and acquire court records through its website. This wasn't always the case. Several years ago this service was provided for free, and that seems to still be the case in other counties. For the past three budget years, these fees have meant additional annual revenue for the […]

February 4, 2014
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CPRA

Can I go to small claims to appeal a denial of my CPRA request?

I understand from your website that there is no administrative appeal process for someone whose request for records was denied under CPRA, and that litigation is the only recourse. Given that, could I feasibly go to small claims for relief in equity to appeal the denial and get my records? Just to clarify, does that […]

August 13, 2013
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CPRA School Records

Request for public information not honored

I made a request for public information four months ago from my local school district and I have not received the requested information. Please advise.

April 28, 2016
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Brown Act

Does newspaper candidate forum constitute a quorum?

We invited city council candidates to our newspaper offices for an editorial endorsement forum. There are three incumbents and one challenger for three seats. We will have me, the editor, and a reporter there to ask the candidates questions about why we should endorse their candidacy. Because there are three candidates currently on the […]

October 6, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Councilmembers texting during meeting a Brown Act violation?

[…] attorney during a public meeting. The audience watching the meetings at home can’t see this is going on. If the City Attorney needs to give advice, shouldn’t he state it publicly, or that he will confer with them at a future properly noticed closed session? Do you have any advice for asking for text messages?

May 23, 2013
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CPRA

CA Public Benefit Corporations and the CPRA

[…] the revised EIR that will be coming out soon that could bring a potential of overwhelming development to our area. We've been working on the growth issue for two years now and have just recently organized as a non-profit (CA Public Benefit Corp) and filed under IRS 501(c)(3) to obtain a Determination Letter. Anyhow, […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

The city decided in closed session to let Wal Mart pick up legal tab for lawsuit

[…] the city against the suit; and that they had also agreed in this same closed session to allow Wal Mart to cover the city's full legal costs for the suit. Although I understand the city's need and right to both discuss the litigation and tally the vote in secret, I do NOT understand why […]

August 20, 2012
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Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

My job has been threatened if I divulge details of closed-door meetings

The state university where I worked has held confidential meetings of a management committee for a program operated under an agreement with the county. There was never an agenda, minutes, notices of meetings or officers. For the past four years. They threatened to fire me if anything at these meetings was divulged, and now they have […]

March 10, 2017