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    First Amendment Public Meetings

    Dhaliwal v. Komrosky

    FAC and the ACLU of Southern California sued the Temecula Valley School District and its board president for violating the First Amendment rights of school board meeting attendees who were ejected from the meetings without cause. CLOSED

    December 21, 2023

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    FAC Prevails in Lawsuit Against Bakersfield Over Open Meetings, Records Violations

    […] including revenue, staffing and taxation. The city defended the closed-door sessions by saying discussions involved anticipated litigation, and therefore were exempt from the Brown Act’s public meeting requirements. Kern County Superior Court Judge Stephen Schuett rejected that argument. "To permit the City Council to use this exception as a subterfuge to allow the discussion […]

    January 10, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Bagley-Keene Act application not as broad as Brown Act

    […] of statewide advocacy organizations including consumer groups and Ombudsman’s offices. There are no ground rules established at the beginning of the meeting that the meeting is " closed" or that the state’s position on any given topic, as may be discussed or articulated by state managers are ’off the record," may not be repeated, […]

    July 19, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Budget committee meets behind closed doors

    Our county budget committee meets behind closed doors and keeps no written records of meetings. County staff says it’s OK because the budget committee is an ad hoc committee. They say they can designate ANY committee as an ad hoc committee and meet behind closed doors.

    September 13, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Spanish Translator at School Board Meetings

    With respect to the meetings of local government bodies such as school boards, the public's right to attend, receive notice of, and otherwise access those meetings is governed by the Brown Act, Govt. Code section 54950 et seq.  While the Brown Act requires that certain translation services be provided to disabled persons in accordance […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Public comment vs. speaking on agenda item

    […] Reports" so that council members who sit on these committees or work groups can report out. There are four such reports listed at the end of our agenda. At the beginning of the meeting under Public Comment, I (as the chair) had a speaker card which listed the Item and the subject of the […]

    September 27, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Does the CA legislature have an open meeting law?

    […] applies to the CA legislature. What law governs the process through which the CA legislature, including committees, considers laws and informs the public of opportunity to comment at hearings. And are there laws that prevent a committee for adding a last-minute amendment (without notice) to a bill that has little connection to the original bill?

    December 17, 2014

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    Brown Act

    Rules for noticing city council study session

    City Council posted a notice for a Special Meeting (Study Session). Then during the "meeting" it was referred to as a workshop and there was no record of the meeting kept. Study sessions have audios and council meetings are televised. Additionally, there is a pdf that lists the "consensus" of the council regarding chartering […]

    April 16, 2013

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    Brown Act

    Agency terminates audio recording of meetings without notice

    A local agency just reformed and it started to audio record it meetings and make them available to the public. I obtain one for a missed meeting. Then skipped a meeting, relying on the availability of the recording, only to be told afterwards, that the staff person did not record the meeting on direction […]

    September 4, 2016