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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    A City Council’s COVID-19 Ordinance Allows Only email or Pre-Recorded Telephonic Comments

    […] suspended the requirement that "members of the public may address the body of each teleconference location" and " local legislative body or state body that holds a meeting via teleconferencing and allows members of the public to observe and address the meeting telephonically or otherwise electronically. . . shall have satisfied any requirement that […]

    January 20, 2021

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    First Amendment

    FAC, ACLU Urge Temecula School Board and Its President to Halt Free Speech Violations at Meetings

    […] Harvey Milk.  As discussed in the demand letter, Board President Joseph Komrosky has repeatedly violated the Brown Act and First Amendment by ejecting community members from board meetings simply for criticizing board members, for example calling one a "homophobe" and another "probably a Communist." Komrosky also implemented an unconstitutionally vague and overbroad "Penalty Card" […]

    August 22, 2023

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Open Meeting Rules for Chamber of Commerce/ Non-Profits

    […] local agency as a full voting member of the governing body of that private corporation, limited liability company, or other entity shall be relieved from the public meeting requirements of this chapter by virtue of a change in status of the full voting member to a nonvoting member. Thus, a non-profit would be subject […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Brown Act or Bylaws Violation?

    If a standing committee's bylaws stipulate that two meetings will occur in a certain period of time, and there is no quorum present for one of the two meetings, is the committee obligated to schedule another meeting to remain Brown Act compliant?

    January 3, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Councilmembers May Have Met Privately to Agree on Vote Outcome

    […] of the members of the city council. You might want to review the FAC’s primer on the Brown Act, specifically the section on what constitutes a " serial meeting." This could help you determine whether or not such a meeting might have taken place that resulted in concurrence on this issue outside of a properly […]

    November 6, 2018

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    Brown Act

    Public Comment Limits Don’t Allow Time To Make Case

    California’s open meeting law, known as the Brown Act, requires that "very agenda for regular meetings shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body on any item of interest to the public, before or during the legislative body’s consideration of the item, that is within the subject […]

    May 29, 2010

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    Brown Act

    Homeowners Associations Prohibition on Videotaping

    The Board of Directors of my Homeowners Association has passed a new rule (in an open meeting and after a 30 day notice) to prohibit taping of Board Meetings by members of the HOA.  It is not clear whether "The Brown Act" applies in this case.  I do not know how to determine if […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FAC urges ‘NO’ vote on San Francisco’s Prop E

    The First Amendment Coalition opposes Proposition E, a November-election ballot measure about public access to San Francisco city Board and Commission meetings. FAC supports reforms that make San Francisco’s political process more transparent and more open to voices that are not currently heard, and FAC supports the use of technology to make government more […]

    September 9, 2015