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68 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 73 Amounts and Reasons for Executive Officers’ Performance Bonuses Subject to CPRA(1985)

Office of the Attorney General State of California 68 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 73 Opinion No. 84-1204 April 18, 1985 THE HONORABLE MICHAEL D. BRADBURY DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF VENTURA COUNTY THE HONORABLE MICHAEL D. BRADBURY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF VENTURA COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question: Are records of the amounts and reasons for performance awards granted to executive managers of a city subject to disclosure under the Public Record Act? CONCLUSION Records

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The Bagley-Keene Act (text of the law updated 2012)

Government Code Section 11120-1113 (Updated version of the law through 2012) 11120. It is the public policy of this state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business and the proceedings of public agencies be conducted openly so that the public may remain informed. In enacting this article the Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the law that actions of state agencies be taken openly and

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COMMENTARY

Watershed CA Supreme Court decision is major win for government transparency. A stunning end to the media’s 20-year losing streak in high court access cases. By Peter Scheer America’s highest courts are justly criticized for avoiding hard issues. The judicial fetish for deciding cases on the narrowest possible grounds yields opinions so limited and unambitious in scope that they often raise more questions, and generate more legal disputes, than they resolve. Exceptions are the rare

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Tehachapi superintendent responds to allegations of Brown Act violations

In defending his district against allegations made by the Kern County Grand Jury of open government violations, the school superintendent said that the school board published their agendas sufficiently and took public comment on the reassignment of a middle school principal. -DB Tehachapi News May 28, 2009 STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO GRAND JURY REPORT As you know, the Tehachapi Unified School District Board of Trustees made a decision to reassign a principal. The result of

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City allowed to send mailer listing cutbacks should voters approve tax ballot measure

The City of Salinas did not violate any campaign laws in listing projects and services that could be terminated or curtailed if a tax-cutting ballot measure is approved, the California Supreme Court ruled.–DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise April 21, 2009 By Kenneth Ofgang A public entity does not engage in illegal campaign activity by disseminating a list of projects and services that will be curtailed or eliminated if a tax-cutting ballot measure is approved, the California Supreme

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