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    Brown Act

    School Board Closed Sessions with Administrators

    […] there in case questions come up. I understand that board members who apparently know this to be a possible violation of the Brown Act, both current and former board members, are so far unwilling to speak up about this practice. How can a member of the public then address this possible Brown Act violation? […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA School Records

    Records Request, Community College, and Time Limits

    I personally served (Hand Delivered) a Community College back in April a CPRA request for information.  Their attorney sent me a partial package.  However, the main portion of information has not been sent.  As a result, the attorney stated that his paralegal was working on it and that it would be sent out right away. […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    City misses CPRA request deadlines “due to staff vacancies”?

    My friend and I first requested financial records for two affordable housing projects receiving government subsidies on August 19. The City responded on August 27 informing us that due to staff vacancies they could not fulfill our request, and that they would provide a status update by October 1. On September 4, we responded to the […]

    October 12, 2015

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    Brown Act

    How can I stop city from violating Brown Act during budget meetings?

    Under the Brown Act’s public comment requirements, Gov't Code section 54954.3(a), a legislative body may adopt "[r]easonable regulations" for public comment periods, including regulations limiting the total amount of time allocated for public testimony on particular issues and for each individual speaker, but the body may not "prohibit public criticism of the policies, procedures, […]

    November 14, 2014

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    Brown Act

    Brown Act violations in closed session real-property negotiations

    […] be invalidated with a "Cure and Correct" letter due to incorrect closed session procedure. If so, how would the form letter be worded to accomplish this? Thanks for the response to my question. It appears that this violation may continue until the decision is brought to open session.One other question is as to the […]

    September 8, 2016

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    Brown Act

    School district denies Brown Act violation. What next?

    Thank you for your helpful website. I used your Cure & Correct demand template to submit a Cure & Correct letter to the Board of Trustees and the attorney representing our school district. My letter was sent on April 10, 2013, and it referenced several Brown Act violations related to a School Board meeting […]

    June 17, 2013

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    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal case files and the Public Records Act

    […] from disclosure. Gov't Code § 6254(f). However, basic information about an incident must be disclosed, such as "the time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received by the agency and the time and nature of the response thereto, including, to the extent the information regarding crimes alleged or committed or […]

    July 19, 2012

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    CPRA

    Is it legal to charge fees for viewing a transcript?

    […] record, except as hereafter provided. Gov't Code § 6253(a). Public agencies may charge a fee "covering direct costs of duplication" (or a statutory fee).Gov't Code § 6253(b).As for charging the public for the right to merely inspect records, the agency may be on shaky ground. By its own terms, the PRA does not seem […]

    October 21, 2011