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Brown Act

Can A School District Bar The Public From School Closure Meetings?

[…] process is a report that is being written by a superintendent's advisory committee. This committee has closed meetings and the school board allows this. I have asked for the public to be able to view the meetings, to observe, but this has been denied. The superintendent's advisory committee is not under the Brown Act. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 21, 2022
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Brown Act

Does A Closed Session Employment Termination Decision Violate the Brown Act?

[…] invited to attend the closed session. The meeting was agendized as "Public Employee Evaluation—Library Director " and made no mention of possible disciplinary action. I received no notice of any charges or complaints and was not given the choice of having a discussion in open session. I was unaware that the meeting was disciplinary […]

November 12, 2018
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Brown Act

Closed sessions to“items discussed not falling within their jurisdiction”

[…] how the law is to be applied. Legislative bodies subject to the Brown Act (such as the Associated Students of a community college) must satisfy the proper notice requirements for a closed session. At least 72 hours prior to each regular meeting, legislative bodies must prepare an agenda containing a brief general description of […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Does Brown Act Allow Adding Agenda Items Less Than 72-Hours Before A Meeting?

A California City Council originally released an agenda for its regular meeting without a closed session. Each agenda usually has a closed session heading listed at the end of the meeting — but the council doesn't meet in closed session; it's like a placeholder. On its action calendar, the council was scheduled to discuss […]

May 19, 2020
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Brown Act First Amendment

Can a city council member control clapping during a meeting?

[…] public, before or during the legislative body’s consideration of the item, that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body." As to special meetings, "Every notice for a special meeting shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body concerning any item that has been described […]

April 24, 2025
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Brown Act

School board closed session “under the guise of labor negotiations.”

[…] the unions. To my knowledge there haven't been any formal negotiations, only anticipation of negotiations. The trustees do have "conference with labor negotiators" on their closed session agenda every meeting. The superintendent is the board's labor negotiator. Doesn't a budget "strategy" that has been "articulated in great detail" need to be discussed in open […]

February 20, 2015
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Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

Closed Session on Employee Performance

[…] Board on whether or not to renew contracts for the Deputy Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent. How can the public know that this item refers to these positions when they are not named. Is the public being adequately noticed so that the Public Comment provided before the Closed Session can actually have meaning to the community?

June 14, 2009
Handbooks

Police Transparency Handbook

This resource is designed to help you navigate the law to access police use-of-force and officer misconduct records under the California Public Records Act.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 6, 2024
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Brown Act

Is a city’s Building Board of Appeals a standing committee?

[…] each legislative body, except for advisory committees or standing committees, to provide the time and place for holding regular meetings. Meetings of standing committees, for which an agenda is posted at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting, are considered regular meetings of the legislative body. Section 94954(a) provides only two exceptions to […]

August 14, 2013
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Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

Unposted Supporting Documents and Public Comment on those Documents

The County Board of Supervisors had an agenda item that has been hotly contested for a number of years by this unincorporated community. Before the meeting, this item was posted. The "findings of fact" that support the item were not. These "findings" were not made available to the public until one and a half […]

June 14, 2009