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Brown Act

The public is severely limited in county meeting participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Is this a Brown Act violation?

[…] meetings the past month, and during each one, the audio transmission failed and livestream froze up repeatedly. I called into the public comment line, listened to music for 30 minutes, and when the operator finally answered, general public comment was over. The public has notified officials repeatedly that community internet, as well as the […]

July 23, 2020
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Brown Act

Notices of City’s Closed Session Real Estate Negotiations Provide Only Generic Information

First Question: for Real Estate transactions going to my City Council in a closed session for "price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease" all have the same catch-all description "Conference with Real Property Negotiators: 1. Property: APN 000-000-000 (the addresses vary) 2. Agency Negotiators: xxx, yyy, zzz (the names […]

April 21, 2022
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Brown Act

Rights of Public Comment

The City is holding public meetings using public facilities and staff to show plans of a developer of a former navy base. The only public participation allowed is in two methods. One is the small group’s method, the opinions of the members of the public in these groups, may or may not be presented […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Councilmembers texting during meeting a Brown Act violation?

We have noticed a new trend during City Council meetings. We are seeing council and staff texting/emailing to each other while on the dais. This is occurring during the public comment item of the meeting and includes the city attorney. We would like to CPRA these texts but believe they will either claim they […]

May 23, 2013
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Brown Act

A Group of City Council Staffers Can Constitute a Serial Meeting, too

[…] intermediary acts as the hub of a wheel and communicates individually with the various spokes (i.e., board members A, B, C, etc).See The Brown Act, Open Meetings for Local Legislative Bodies, Office of the Attorney General, 2003, at p. 11, available at http://caag.state.ca.us/publications/2003_Main_BrownAct.pdf. Presumptively, the three staffers would hear the same information at this […]

July 13, 2010
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Brown Act

Are school district “fact-finding” committee meetings public?

[…] the area, fiscal impact and the impact on academic programs should they close the school. It is my understanding that such a committee is an advisory committee for the district and therefore falls under the Brown Act, however at the last committee meeting the district's public information officer tried to chase me out. The […]

March 8, 2016
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First Amendment

Can an individual publish a legal notice in a newspaper??

Is there any legal reason why an individual would not be allowed to place a paid legal notice in a newspaper? The content is to inform the public about a woman being unlawfully tormented and hunted in the judicial system.

May 17, 2013
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Brown Act

Board member shared confidential information after closed session

I am an Associate Director at my charter school. I was recently informed by my Board that my contract will not be renewed for the next school year. This is an amicable separation and I am finishing out the school year. However, within a week of this decision, made and executed during a closed […]

September 9, 2016
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Brown Act

When can a public Board claim attorney-client privilege?

Our municipal board, of which I am a member, recently convened a closed session meeting that was not listed as an item on the published agenda. The purpose of the meeting, which included a city attorney, was for several board members wanted to present their case against me as a Brown Act violator. I […]

March 25, 2013
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Brown Act CPRA

Proposals and Public Records, Limiting Public Comment

[…] Act requirements are met by offering individuals from the public up to 3 minutes at the start of a meeting to comment upon any matter on the agenda. Their agendas meet the minimum requirements by stating the subject to be discussed. The problem is that they will not provide materials in advance to allow […]

June 14, 2009