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Brown Act CPRA

The mayor refused to let me make a public comment without identifying myself

There seem to be a couple of different issues related to your inquiry. First is whether the principal's closed-session meeting with the school board comported with California's open meeting law, known as the Brown Act. The second is whether the files you requested are subject to disclosure under California's Public Records Act. Brown Act: […]

August 26, 2010
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FAC Opposes California Bills that Would Reduce Face-to-Face Accountability

[…] may have seen the recent editorials sounding the alarms over legislation that would make California government less open and accountable by chipping away at our state's open- meetings laws. Los Angeles Times: It's time for California's public officials to return to work. In person. Mercury News: Stop Two Bay Area Legislators' Assault on Open […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
August 21, 2023
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Brown Act

City Council disbursed funds without allowing comment by groups they shortchanged

[…] that restrictions on comments be administered in a neutral way and not based on the content of the expected speech. Under the Brown Act -- California's open meetings law -- the legislative bodies of local agencies are required to provide opportunities for the public to comment at regular meetings, as follows: (a) Every agenda […]

February 15, 2012
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Brown Act

Proprietary information in the public record

[…] council appointed a Taser task force. The City Attorney's office regularly reminded the task force that it was subject to the Brown Act. I recorded the public meetings on video, and uploaded to YouTube part of a presentation by a consultant for Taser Intl., given at one of the meetings. Now YouTube has removed […]

June 14, 2009
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What can be done about the California Legislature keeping the public out of the Capitol during COVID-19 pandemic?

Meetings of the California state legislature are governed by the Grunsky-Burton Open Meetings Act, Cal. Gov. Code §§ 9027-9033. Unfortunately, unlike the Brown Act, Cal. Gov. Code § 54950 et seq. (governing local agency meetings) or the Bagley-Keene Act, Cal. Gov. Code § 11120 et seq. (governing state agency meetings), the Grunsky-Burton Open […]

July 1, 2020
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Brown signs “Richard McKee bill” to tighten Brown Act enforcement

[…] was initiated by the late Rich McKee, the Visalia Times-Delta and CNPA. It challenged the Tulare County Board of Supervisors' practice of holding over 46 regular lunchtime meetings outside of public view, without public notification and paid for with public funds. The appeals court ruled that the Brown Act did not allow a prospective […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
October 14, 2012
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Brown Act

Posting agendas and notification of action in special/closed sessions

A School Board is subject to the Brown Act yet a principal was dismissed without cause after a Special meeting /closed session in which no one was notified nor was it posted at the site where the meeting was held (it was posted on a website) nor has the decision been posted for the ten […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Open meeting law and homeowners associations

[…] majority on our board. This year, with no notice from the board or the anti-skiing faction, we noticed a Presentation on the Board agenda for last Saturday's meeting entitled "Equitable Use of the Lake". A few of us managed to attend the meeting. The anti-ski faction presented their usage statistics and then surprised us […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

School Board Agenda Packets Availability

I have a question about access to school board agenda packets. My understanding is that districts only need to notice a meeting 48 hours in advance, but that school board packets become public record as soon as they're sent to the trustees. The school district that I cover has asked that I wait until […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

Bundling agenda action items silences public input

[…] like to question the legality of a new practice our school board school board to "bundle" regular action items on the agenda. At the only regular board meeting of August 2010, after approving the consent calendar, the board approved the regular agenda items as presented. Their own by-laws state an agenda item will be […]

September 17, 2010