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    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act apply to city council appointed committees?

    […] of this chapter." Cal. Gov't Code § 54952(b) (emph. added). Essentially, if the committee was created by formal action, but falls under the ad hoc sub-quorum committee exemption, then the committee does not have to adhere to the Brown Act's meeting requirements.  Government Code § 54952(b).  On the other hand, if the committee is […]

    August 15, 2015

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Are a city manager’ meetings with his staff covered by the Brown Act?

     Recently I learned our City Manager approved the implementation of a significant change to a public fee-paid service without presenting it for a city council review or approval, thus also without ever notifying the affected public as a whole or the media of the change. Impacted residents were individually notified to comply with the […]

    January 18, 2015

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    CPRA

    Public Universities, Listservs, and Destruction of Records

    […] entries in its online volunteer listserv from appearing in the newspaper. Because I believe the taxpayer-funded listserv content is a public document, I filed a PRA request for one day’s worth of postings. The university has replied that it keeps no copies of the listserv postings, and cannot provide them. They seem to have […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    City Council Action in Secret

    Our city’s fire chief is on medical leave.  I heard the city council approved a search for an interim fire chief several weeks ago, but it was not disclosed to our paper. Is it legal for the city council to approve a search without notifying the public?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police refuse to release names of individuals who bought stolen laptop

    […] and addresses of persons involved in, or witnesses to, the incident, the description of property involved, the date, time and location of the incident, etc. Id.  The exemption goes on to state, however, that disclosure is not required if it would "endanger the safety of a witness or other person involved in the investigation," […]

    December 12, 2014

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    Brown Act

    City Council Met Prior to Public Meeting and Made Last-Minute Agenda Changes

    […] accessible to members of the public. Government Code § 54954.2(a). In general, the legislative body cannot take action on any item that is not on the agenda for a meeting. Government Code § 54954.2(a)(2). This prevents bodies from avoiding the requirements of the Brown Act by omitting important items from the agenda. The Brown […]

    May 17, 2018

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Are Power Point Presentations to Board of Healthcare District Public Records?

    […] regarding emergency dept. and inpatient services on different floors of hospital. At the end of the hospital staff person's pptI asked if a copy would be available for the audience. The response from the District CEO was noncommittal—i.e., maybe, maybe not. My question: is the hospital's slide presentation a public document, and doI have […]

    February 22, 2018

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    CPRA

    When government outsources program are documents public?

    I have asked the city for a particular statistical report about their red light camera system. They have refused to provide the records, and have ignored my offer to pay (per GC 6253.9(b)). The requested report is one which a city can obtain by going to the website of their red light camera vendor, […]

    October 10, 2011

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    First Amendment Newsgathering

    Press Credential renewal denied by CCAC

    I am a journalist that covers Capitol politics. This year, my request for Capitol press credentials from the Capitol Correspondents Association of California (CCAC) was denied. Their reasoning was this: one of my publishers also has a political consulting business – the CCAC board believes payments to him violate CCAC bylaws. I am in […]

    April 13, 2016