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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Agendas and sufficiency of “brief general descriptions”

    In accordance with Section 2.20.140(B)(3) of the Purchasing Ordinance, the City Manager is allowed to waive the request for proposal procedure and approve master professional service agreements with two firms pp to $100,000. I asked that the item be pulled and rescheduled because it did not describe the services (HR/Personnel) that the contracts were […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Agenda item questions

    […] in your second question, it would appear that "other administrative items, including delegation of tasks" may not have adequately described such item, and thus, it was inadequate notice. Similarly, if an item is labeled for "discussion" and the item was then voted upon, such item was likely not adequate notice to the public because […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Advisory committees and the Brown Act

    […] board recently changed the high school graduation requirement, with no prior parent notification or input. An advisory committee comprised of 30 teachers and district administrators reviewed graduation requirements and compiled a report and recommendation to the Board.  Since no community members or parents were included on the committee, or notified of its existence, was […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Handbooks

    Reporter’s Field Guide: Data Sources in California

    By Paloma Esquivel A guide to publicly available data in California on criminal justice, education, the environment, state and local finances and more. This is a live document that will regularly updated. Access the most recent version here. First Published: January 29, 2026

    January 29, 2026

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    What can be done if I believe a public school district has improperly withheld records that should be accessible under the CPRA?

    For nearly a year, I’ve been seeking public records related to administrative conduct at a public high school. The requests concern complaints, investigations, and correspondence involving multiple administrators. The school district has responded to my requests with a pattern of delay, denial, and blanket exemptions. The district has claimed that no non-exempt records […]

    May 27, 2025

  • Pages

    Why Support FAC?

    FAC’s vision is a California in which the rights promised by the First Amendment are available and enforced for everyone, irrespective of wealth, politics or access to power. Every day, FAC’s team of First Amendment experts fight for these protections and for government transparency on multiple fronts, bringing our decades of experience to bear […]

    July 20, 2024

  • Pages

    Terms of Service

    […] only copyright infringement notices should go to our Copyright Agent.  You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements of this section your notice may not be valid. If you believe the content that was removed (or to which access was disabled) is not infringing, or that you have the […]

    July 8, 2024