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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Incomplete labor exemption codes within School District closed session agenda

    […] ensure accuracy and transparency in the School District’s posted agenda. As you appear to be aware, the Brown Act requires legislative bodies post an agenda for all meetings:   "At least 72 hours before a regular meeting, the legislative body of the local agency, or its designee, shall post an agenda containing a brief […]

    March 24, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Public comments on water rates closed, item still on agenda

    […] bodies provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the body on any items on the agenda. Gov't Code § 54954.3 (("Every 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 […]

    November 25, 2009

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    Remembering FAC Founding Father and California Journalism Giant, Frank McCulloch

    […] plane passenger traffic. McCulloch made news himself in l972 when author Clifford Irving claimed to have interviewed the by-then reclusive Hughes for a book and Life Magazine serialized the story as authentic. Hughes called McCulloch, then working in Time-Life New York headquarters, to reveal it as a hoax, and McCulloch stopped the Life presses […]

    May 31, 2018

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    Brown Act

    Minutes deadline

    Does a City have a timeframe within which it must provide a record (minutes) of Council Meetings?  I am having difficulty in obtaining (being allowed to inspect) minutes from 3 months ago? The city indicates they are not "ready."

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    The Brown Act and non-government youth organizations

    I need to know if there are any acts, like the Brown or Public records acts, that govern youth sports leagues. My daughters play for a league that has closed meetings and meetings that nobody knows about.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    No vote on new superintendent, but of consensus reached in closed session

    The Brown Act contains a few narrow exceptions to its general requirement that meetings be open to the public.  One of these exceptions is found in Government Code § 54957(b), which authorizes public agencies to hold a meeting in closed session "to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public […]

    August 26, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Public Comment Identification Requirements

    The Brown Act provides 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 matter jurisdiction of the legislative body […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    How Do We Make a Community Service District Board Comply with the Brown Act?

    […] CSD by email and verbally, and have received none. Our board members closed the Volunteer Fire Department and changed the locks without consulting our Fire Chief. No meetings dates, no agendas, nor anything about the actions of the board except for Fire Department issues are posted on the CSD website. I have also asked […]

    January 20, 2021