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    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act allow closed session negotiations for all public school contracts?

    […] the decision to employ them "does not require the board’s approval or consideration." Rather, "the superintendent, and not the board, is authorized to appoint, discipline, and establish the salaries of certificated and classified employees." In another opinion that is related (01-505, April 19, 2002) the Attorney General stated: "While the board has an interest in the […]

    July 19, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Circumstances for closed meetings

    […] public session, but note that the term "employee"  does not include an elected official or a member of a legislative body (Gov't Code § 54957) —To discuss salaries, salary schedules, fringe benefits, and other issues within the scope of negotiations between a local agency and its employees with the local agency's representative in those […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed sessions under the Brown Act

    Members of my school board choose new members as they leave the board. Can this School Board have closed sessions to discuss and decide which new Board member to elect to the Board or do these have to be public discussions?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Newsgathering School Records

    State university won’t disclose student cafeteria workers’ pay

    […] a  journalist at a state university where our student cafeteria came under fire from the administration over a party they'd hosted. A source told me that the student managers of the cafeteria were suspended without pay. I contacted the accounting department to request how much those students were paid per week over the past 2 months. I […]

    June 14, 2014

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    CPRA

    Records request regarding government contractors was denied on privacy grounds

    I manage a small organization that helps teach people to use public records for their protection. Recently we made a request to several municipalities for records of payments made to people doing business with the muni's. We sought to discover the names of persons or companies who were paid by the county or city […]

    July 13, 2010

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    CPRA

    School documents and lost records

    Generally, are there any school district budget documents, reports, salary compensation information, etc. that are not accessible to the public? I put in a Request for Public Records to view a permit plan and Building & Safety lost the plans within one week of receiving them. What recourse do I have?

    June 14, 2009

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    Advocacy Blog

    Update on open-government legislative proposals in Sacramento

    […] a bill about police interrogation tactics, but, after it lost that focus, Assemblymember Anthony Portantino considered adding two amendments that would have made police officer names and salaries private information. The State Supreme Court ruled last year that salaries and officer names (though not personal contact info) are public information and subject to public […]

    June 6, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed Session Performance Evaluations

    […] under closed session: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and 54957.6, the City Council will meet with the City Administrator, to hold performance evaluations and consider the salaries for the Director of Parks and Trees, the Director of Community Development and Public Works... All department heads are up for evaluation and they are wanting […]

    June 14, 2009