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  • Latest News

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    CFAC awards

    […] Local government legislative bodies--city councils, boards of supervisors, and school boards--are required by California's Brown Act to conduct their business mostly in public sessions; to give advance notice of issues to be raised at these meetings; and to allow for public participation. But there are some agencies that think the Brown Act's requirements are […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Blog

    AG Holder, in speech, describes al-Awlaki “lethal targeting” memo that is the subject of recent FAC suit

    […] of heading off future disastrous attacks against the United States. As we learned on 9/11, al Qaeda has demonstrated the ability to strike with little or no notice – and to cause devastating casualties. Its leaders are continually planning attacks against the United States, and they do not behave like a traditional military – […]

    March 16, 2012

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    Public Meetings

    Public meetings protections remain in place — for now

    […] too: The Mercury News condemned it as a "another step toward local government secrecy," and the Los Angeles Times rightly noted "the Legislature has poked enough holes in local governmental meeting requirements already." While this bill failed, the issue isn’t going away. Governmental interests have backed a number of pandemic-inspired bills (2023, 2022) that would allow officials to avoid meeting […]

    June 13, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Time restrictions on public comment at public meetings

    […] does not state what those limits are and California Attorney General gave a 1992 opinion that five minutes per speaker may be "reasonable" under the circumstances Would a one minute per speaker agenda item be considered "reasonable" and does it meet the test of "ensure that the intent" of accommodating public comment "is carried out?"

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Special Districts: County Water District

    Gov. Code Sect. 25120 gives requirements for notice and hearings for a Board of Supv. to pass or amend a ordinance.   What about a special district, i.e. a county water district?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Mayor up for reelection wants to stifle public comment on candidates

    […] proposing in an interview with a local newspaper and mentioned email communication with the city attorney aimed at creating a city policy that disallows speakers on non agenda items from topics of ballot initiative or candidates, partisan or non partisan. I questioned her in an email after reading the article and she responded in […]

    August 30, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private?

    Under the Brown Act, does a school board have the obligation to disclose the goals they set for the district superintendent of schools? Similarly, do they have the obligation to disclose the evaluation criteria for the superintendent of schools? The evaluation criteria for teachers is in the public record, so why not the same […]

    August 14, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Is limiting a school board trustee’s comments legal?

    As you may know, California's Brown Act requires that "[e]very agenda for regular meetings shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body on any item of interest to the public, before or during the legislative body's consideration of the item, that is within the subject matter jurisdiction […]

    March 27, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Written public comment not read as promised before City Council vote taken

     I submitted a written public comments to an agenda item because I could not attend a Special Meeting of the City Council. The City Clerk acknowledged that they had been received and would be read into the record during public comment time period for the specific item. This did not happen and the vote was […]

    June 14, 2016