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Brown Act

City Council Met Prior to Public Meeting and Made Last-Minute Agenda Changes

[…] emails from the City regarding a developer's plan that was not made public. The mayor and a council member met before a public hearing in which the agenda was changed at the last minute. The vote was 4-1 in favor of the road we were promised would not go in. Does this violate the […]

May 17, 2018
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Brown Act First Amendment

Public right to to speak denied at school board meetings

I need help defending the public's right to speak at open meetings. At school board meetings, board members will not let members of the public comment for the established time of three minutes. School district staff speaks for three minutes and then the public gets three minutes. Often times the chair does not allow […]

November 2, 2010
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Brown Act

aa-Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and the Brown Act

I have a couple of questions regarding the Board of Commissioners for the Housing Authority of my city and the Brown Act. 1.) The posting of the Agenda for Board meetings lists out the items to be discussed and the order in which to do so. In all such postings the agenda item for […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Dealing with a cure and correct notice in a closed session

[…] I am a member received a cure and correct challenge regarding an action taken in closed session to dismiss an employee.The cure and correct involves whether proper notice was given for the meeting.The president and superintendent have placed the response to the cure and correct claim on next week's agenda.They are saying it is […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Access to rezoning information

[…] want to rezone school boundaries. The district went ahead and formed a committee to make boundary recommendations. The committee members were chosen by invitation only, without any notice to the public at large. We (myself, and other members of the community) recently learnt that all this has happened, and that the committee has already […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

“Amended” agenda for public meeting

Recently, I attended a local school board meeting in which an "Amended" Agenda was made available for the public after the regular agenda had already been published. This "amended" agenda was made available less than 72 hours before the meeting. Is this procedure OK?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Brown Act Rules About Late Night Meeting

Three nights ago, my city noticed a special meeting 27 hours prior to holding it. The special meeting was scheduled to occur immediately following a regularly scheduled city council meeting. Regular city council meetings rarely end before 10:00 PM. In this case, the regular meeting did not end until 12:23 AM. Lots of controversy […]

April 9, 2018
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Brown Act

Urgent meeting scheduled for July 4 seemed to circumvent the public process

[…] the money had been known for two months, urgency is not really a good reason for holding the meeting on a holiday. The meeting was held within the 24-hours notice rule. However no clerk was present to record the minutes. The meeting was held in the normal town meeting room but was not televised as is usual and customary […]

July 13, 2014
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Brown Act First Amendment

City Council allowing presentation not on the agenda

[…] our last City Council meeting our mayor personally invited a federal government agent to speak during our public comment session, although this presentation was not on the agenda. Our mayor allowed him to speak over the allowed three minute time period and allowed City Council members to ask questions of this man, but the […]

August 24, 2011
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Brown Act

Closed Sessions under the Brown Act

The Situation: the Board of Education for a local district meets in closed session without any prior notification to the public. It makes a personnel decision during that closed session and announces it to the public. Question: Is the unannounced closed session meeting in accordance with Brown Act or any other law? If not, […]

June 14, 2009