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  • Latest News

    Advocacy Press Release

    Groups Urge Mendocino County to Repeal Unlawful Public Records Fee Ordinance

    […] of the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Willits Environmental Center, plan to file a lawsuit if the county does not repeal the ordinance at its next meeting, set for May 9. The organizations’ call for repeal comes after a member of the board of supervisors, Ted Williams, announced during a recent public meeting […]

    April 27, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Closed Sessions and Permissible Topics

    My local city council has apparently held closed session meetings on whether or not they will repair a landslide on a city street. The agenda notification listed only pending litigation, but did not list the specific subject. These meetings resulted in public policy decisions. I have made a CPRA request for public records relating […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    The Brown Act and Charter Schools

    […] is subject to the Brown Act.  Below are some of the factors you might want to look at to determine whether it is.  However, even if the meetings of the charter school's board of directors are governed by the Brown Act, the Brown Act does not address the organization or composition of legislative bodies […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Posts

    FAC Joins Nationwide Coalition Urging Transparency and Access in Response to COVID-19

    […] the National Freedom of Information Coalition and 130 organizations nationwide in a letter to state, tribal and local public institutions raising concerns about transparency and access to meetings and records as these institutions respond to the coronavirus public-health crisis. Government bodies should not opportunistically take advantage of the public’s inability to attend large gatherings […]

    March 20, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA First Amendment Police Records

    Police say daily crime logs can’t be released to the public

    […] historically been used by the department to release this information, and cite those procedures as well (assuming they provided timely access). I would also suggest you request a meeting with the PIO to discuss the problem (and it’s probably a good idea to bring along one of your editors to the meeting).  If a letter […]

    June 17, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Closed Session on Employee Performance

    The Brown Act provides that agendas must contain "a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting . . .. A brief general description of an item generally need not exceed 20 words." Govt. Code Section 54954.2(a). The general idea — as you suggested below –is […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FAC, ACLU, Fresnoland Demand Fresno City Council Stop Secret Budget Negotiations

    […] to open government. According to Fresnoland, as the fifth largest city in California by population, Fresno stands alone in the top 10 by holding secret budget committee meetings. Although Fresno’s committee is technically advisory, it has the effective final word on the budget. As a city council member told Fresnoland, "there was not a […]

    September 6, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act Newsgathering

    Community Association claims parks are private; city says they’re public

    […] considered public by city officials, but the association says those parks are private. My question has to do with the Brown Act. If the community association, a public benefit nonprofit corporation, holds board meetings to discuss these public parks, are these meetings considered open meetings and subject to the Brown Act? Curious for an answer.

    July 17, 2013

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Internal audit reports and the CPRA

    […] System there is a practice of giving the Board of Directors copies of internal audit reports, in open session. These reports are not made available during the meeting when requested. These reports are not available for inspection when requested. When I requested the reports, I was told the internal audit reports are not Public […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I use information revealed in closed session, or is it privileged?

    […] all legislative deliberations occur in open session, one of which is "to consider the…performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee."  Gov’t Code § 54957(b). If the meeting in question was to discuss disciplinary action, the Board may have properly met in closed session, but was required to post an agenda containing a brief […]

    September 1, 2016