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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

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

    […] 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 eliminated my position.

    March 10, 2017

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    Brown Act

    School district denies Brown Act violation. What next?

    […] responded back within 30 days (on May 3, 2013 via e-mail) stating that the District determined it had not violated the Brown Act. The violations: 1. The Agenda for the Board Meeting was not posted for the public 72 hours prior to the meeting; rather, it was posted less than 8 hours prior to […]

    June 17, 2013

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    School board changed public comments without notice

    […] more years than I can count, the board has provided a democratic, albeit cumbersome, method of accommodating the public's right to speak on  items not on the agenda. Speakers were called in the order in which their "yellow cards"  had been submitted to the clerk of the board. One hour was allotted at the […]

    March 30, 2010

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    Brown Act

    Brown Act Compliance for Faculty Members Digitally Attending Academic Senate Meetings

    Our Community College covers a broad service area—including several communities and military posts. We post agendas in all locations (locked, glass front display cases) where the agenda can be access at all times, 72 hours or more in advance. We use roll call to identify all attendees, and roll call to identify all votes, […]

    May 15, 2018

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    Brown Act

    School Board Trustees meeting with union reps in violation of Brown Act

    […] on the School Board meet privately with representatives of the teacher's union to discuss items on the agenda for the upcoming board meeting. There are no public notices for these meetings. My feeling is that the board members will find a way around the Brown Act if I bring this subject up at the […]

    August 29, 2010

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    First Amendment

    In Texas, town hall meeting nixed videotaping

    Is there an equivalent of a Brown Act for Texas? I was at a Congressional town hall meeting, and a member of the Congresswoman's staff told me I was not allowed to video record the meeting. Is that legal?

    August 1, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Do agenda posting times count business days only?

    I understand that the Brown Act requires that agendas  be made public 72 hours in advance of a meeting. Is that 72 business hours or could posting on a Friday morning (ahead of a Monday meeting) be sufficient notice? This notice would be posted at a California Public Charter School.

    March 18, 2016

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    Brown Act

    When are closed sessions legitimized under the Brown Act?

    […] be discussing whether to allow exemptions to the ban on carrying concealed weapons on campus (under SB 707). There is some move toward having the discussion in closed session on the grounds that it could potentially involve litigation and become a union issue. Given that there's no actual litigation, existing or threatened, are there […]

    March 29, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Does Brown Act allow vote to be changed after a meeting adjourns?

    […] are generally required to conduct their business in open meetings, and cannot meet or otherwise confer with each other outside the confines of a properly agendized and noticed meeting, it would seem that the action you describe might be in violation of the Brown Act. Under the Brown Act, a "meeting" is defined as […]

    July 10, 2017