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    Brown Act

    Public Commenting, The Brown Act, and Closed Session Items

    […] they go into closed session, but currently they are only scheduling such public comment on the prior day, and not before just the Division of Licensing, but before the entire Medical Board.  May I correctly insist on their scheduling public comment on Friday instead of Thursday, or is their scheduling public comment for Thursday sufficient?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA FOIA

    Preliminary Data from FEMA as Requested by the City

    I have requested "preliminary" flood mapping data from FEMA for the city. The FEMA Consultant has responded that the data are preliminary, therefore, they are not required to release it to the public. However, the city is using the preliminary flood data to dictate development standards. The city requires developers to conduct their own flood […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Police and Fire Department Records

    […] it may concern.  I am seeking assistance in obtaining a couple of reports from our City and the fire department.  I had already walked in my request for public information and still have not received any written response.  Today I visited in person the fire department and asked what the status of the info […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Planning Commissions, Confidential Complaints, and the CPRA

    At a Planning Commission in our city an applicant applied for a variance regarding the height of a fence as a result of a complaint. Prior to the hearing a Planning Commissioner revealed that she was the complainant and was stepping down from the hearing. Another Planning Commissioner evidently found out who had made […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Planning a Closed Session to Allow Confidential Documents

    For a lawsuit between two city board members and the city board, which is run as a corporation, the parties have reached an agreement to allow the board members to access documents in closed session so that it will be covered under the Brown Act. Can a government entity plan a session to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Objecting to agenda item during meetings

    […] remedies.  First, assuming the Board of Supervisors was in violation of the Brown Act, you may seek to void an action taken at such meeting.  The requirements for taking such an action require you to seek to have the agency "cure and correct" the action taken at the improperly held meeting, and then bring […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Non-Response to Requests

    […] California Department of Corrections trying to obtain information related to my position there.  It was an information act using the form letter making a state (not federal) request.  The request was sent by certified mail and they did not respond.  What should I do now?  Thank you in advance for your attention to my concerns.

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed college governing body meeting to endorse trustees candidate

    I have what is probable a simple question for you. I am wondering if a student governing body at a college can meet in close session to discuss possibly endorsing a candidate for the board of trustees in an upcoming election? Would this violate the Brown Act?

    June 14, 2009

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    July 3, 2024