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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Limiting Public Comment at Meetings

    I want to understand why my City Council can limit comment during a single meeting by a member of the public to five minutes total for a particular class of items (consent agenda items), no matter how many items are categorized as such, and no matter how many items an individual wishes to speak […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    How can I stop city from violating Brown Act during budget meetings?

    The city is having a budget meeting. The printed budget is over 500 pages and is divided into department sections. The Mayor prohibits public comment by department, instead he only permits public comment at the end of each day's meetings, and then the public is limited to three minutes. I believe this is a […]

    November 14, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    I ask for transparency; they ask me to resign

    […] Superintendent without any public input because it wasn't properly agendized. I am also concerned that a committee I serve on has been deemed a closed door confidential meeting per the Brown Act. I am an unpaid, parent volunteer on the committee and one of several stakeholders (parents, community, retired teacher, district employees and paid […]

    January 11, 2012

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    CPRA

    Duplication fees for non-paper records

    Our School District Board/Superintendent is charging for labor costs of making a CD copy of each monthly/special board meeting. I understand that the Cal. Gov't. Code Section 6253(b) indicates that such charges (i.e., labor costs for recording the CD copy) is not permitted. I have been round and round with the Board/Superintendent about these […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Bagley-Keene Act

    Is a task force a “state body” under the Bagley-Keene Act?

    Caltrans is holding Highway Task Force meetings and it has been announced that these meetings will not be open to the public. I received the following reply from the Caltrans public affairs: Since this is not a public meeting, the task force meeting will be made up of 10 members from each community that […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    School board changed public comments without notice

    […] called in the order in which their "yellow cards"  had been submitted to the clerk of the board. One hour was allotted at the beginning of the meeting with an additional time at the end of the meeting. This year, the President, in "consultation" with the Interim Superintendent,  has now decided to group requests […]

    March 30, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Barred from entering public school board meeting

    The husband of a local school board member physically prevented a group of teachers from entering a public school board meeting, held at the school district office. One lawyer we checked with said it wasn't a violation of California's open meetings law, because the husband wasn't a school official or board member. We're trying […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Can a California City Council Cut Public Comment Time with No Notice Before Meeting?

    At the last two City Council meetings, the agenda has announced a three-minute time limit per person for public comments. Then, at the start of the meeting, this has been reduced to two minutes. I've reviewed (to the best of my ability) relevant case law that allows for deviations from the Brown Act when […]

    August 26, 2020