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Brown Act CPRA

Are city council subcommittees Brown Act-exempt?

[…] Records Act, including a sample letter, here: Resources: Access to Records . A second issue referenced in your email seems to be whether the Brown Act's meeting requirements apply to these subcommittees. This depends on whether a particular subcommittee may be defined as a "legislative body." Under the Brown Act, a "legislative body" is […]

September 21, 2012
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Brown Act

Does the Brown Act allow closed session negotiations for all public school contracts?

Does the Brown Act allow a publicly elected school board to hold closed session discussion under Government Code 54957 (Public Employee Appointment/Employment) and 54957.6 (Labor Negotiations) regarding the appointment and pay structure of a Director of Curriculum to the position of Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. Both positions are administrative positions that report directly to […]

July 19, 2016
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Brown Act CPRA

Park & Rec “advisory committee” keeping its advice secret

[…] discussion. We do know they met with an individual associated with an individual in a key municipal dispute and discussed withdrawing from litigation. How do we ask for a "list" of this information without asking for it in list form, which CPRA seems to prohibit? 3. If this public member of the committee is […]

August 8, 2011
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Brown Act

Placing items on Agenda and Mayoral Refusal

A Councilperson wants to put an item on the agenda that relates to a contentious issue. The mayor refuses to do it. Is this legal?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Destruction of Public Records

[…] estate attorney who is also a volunteer at a school district. Here is my immediate dilemma in a nutshell: Last night, the School Board acted on an agenda item to cease recording future closed sessions of their governing board. When the question was raised as to what would become of the existing audio tapes […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Convening in closed sessions

[…] be outside our District boundaries. We want to fully investigate the performance of our finalist with face-to-face interviews with co-workers, parents, community members, etc. We fully intend to post an agenda once we determine who our finalist will be. Can we convene a closed session? Do you have suggested wording to include in the agenda?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Agenda Item Descriptions

Is it a Brown Act violation for a School Board agenda to include an item on its agenda called "Board Discussion"? I read 54954.2(b) An agenda must ...shall state the meeting time and place and must contain "a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting, […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Obligation to post minutes if no action is taken

[…] 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 listed and that was "Strategic Planning Session." Public comment was allowed only at the beginning of the two day meeting (Board members and select public […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Filing a Vacancy by Closed Session Appointment

[…] filing deadline for interested applicants was 6 hours prior to the beginning of the School Board meeting. The appointment decision was made at that meeting. Should the agenda state the names of the applicants who were interviewed during the meeting? If a public citizen asked to see the application material and was turned down, […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

City Council editing public meeting videos

[…] complaint with the police department. I spoke from a prepared speech. No one did a thing. At the end of the meeting no one addressed my request for a proper complaint. I then asked the chief of police three times for a complaint. He had an officer escort me into an interrogation room. They took my contact […]

July 30, 2015