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    Brown Act

    Forcing public official to attend Brown Act training

    […] respective authorities (and/or lack thereof), parliamentary procedure & protocol - in general, to learn how to "play well together?" 2) Is there provision or precedent for a majority of directors to discuss construction of an agenda (content, order, etc.) prior to a meeting (assuming they do not substantially debate the merits of individual agenda items)?

    June 14, 2009

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    FOIA Police Records

    Accessing Information from ICE

    […] people have been arrested; who has been arrested; where they have been taken, etc. I've heard that ICE has invoked the federal Privacy Act as a reason for withholding even basic information. My question is: What are the rights of journalists, under FOIA or other authority, to demand this information? What advice can we […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act require meeting minutes?

    The Brown Act is silent on legislative bodies’ duties with respect to taking notes or keeping minutes of meetings.  Typically, such requirements would be found in a legislative body’s bylaws, or possibly an ordinance that governs the legislative body (though since this is a school district, it is unlikely that such requirements would be found […]

    April 13, 2015

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    Brown Act

    Closed sessions…

    Our city attorney is planning a closed session meeting with the city council and police review commission to discuss a recent court decision regarding open police complaint hearings.  Is this legal?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Homeowners Associations Prohibition on Videotaping

    The Board of Directors of my Homeowners Association has passed a new rule (in an open meeting and after a 30 day notice) to prohibit taping of Board Meetings by members of the HOA.  It is not clear whether "The Brown Act" applies in this case.  I do not know how to determine if […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can Agencies Be Required to Choose Least Costly Format for Electronic Record Reproduction?

    […] There's no wait once files are identified, there's no back-and-forth about reasonableness of DVD or whatever duplication fees, mailing fees, etc. Of course, regardless of the CPRA's requirements, it's no secret that some public bodies are fond of using fees to discourage requesters. Understandably, those same agencies are very reluctant to join the 21st […]

    November 27, 2018

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Can the governing board of a public agency delete recordings of public meetings?

    […] months. I believe these recordings, even when removed from the agency’s website, should be accessible via a CPRA request. Do removed records have to be saved somewhere for a set period of time? Do they need to be released before they are deleted? If they exist in any form within the institution, must the […]

    April 1, 2025

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    CPRA

    What are my rights when the Legislature’s Rules Committees haven’t responded to my request for legislative records for more than 10 days?

    I requested that a California state senator or their staff provide me with information about certain expenditures of budgeted state funds. A staffer forwarded my request to the Legislature Rules Committees. It’s been more than three weeks since I made the request and have received no response beyond an acknowledgment that the Committee received […]

    March 6, 2025