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    FAC Urges Merced School Board President to Stop Threatening Speech Rights

    […] two and a half years, the board’s president has regularly warned members of the public that "derogatory comments against district employees or others made in a board meeting can be actionable as defamation under certain circumstances," before comment periods of its public meetings. FAC Legal Fellow Annie Cappetta sent a letter to Brooks, explaining […]

    October 28, 2024

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    Brown Act

    School Board Voted In Secret to Pick New Superintendent

    Our group plus hundreds of teachers, parents, and community activists protested against the secret meeting that the city school board to pick the new yet controversial superintendent. We believe that the closed and secret meeting violated several provisions of the Brown Act and we would like help in understanding how the Brown Act applies […]

    December 10, 2018

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    Brown Act

    School Boards, Closed Sessions, and Student Files

    […] matter in closed session.  As long as the item was adequately described on the agenda, the Brown Act requires the school district to disclose, in the open meeting, "the item or items to be discussed in the closed session."  Cal. Gov. Code Sec. 54957.7.  Nothing in that section "shall require or authorize a disclosure […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Special Districts: County Water District

    […] noticing and hearing.  See Govt. Code Sections 54950-54963; see also CFAC web site. In particular, the Brown Act provides that "t least 72 hours before a regular meeting, the legislative body of the local agency, or its designee, shall post an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Non-profits, public funds, and the Brown Act

    I am a voting member of a nonprofit corporation, a preschool cooperative.  If the corporation receives public money in the form of a grant is its board bound by any state open meeting laws?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Minutes and closed sessions

    […] minutes reflect a teleconference with the board's attorney to otherwise justify a closed session under 54956.9 that does not state that the attorney was present at the meeting in the minutes?  Also, if the minutes are simply in error and there actually was a teleconference with the attorney, would this per se invalidate the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    When government outsources program are documents public?

    […] Atty. Gen. 55 (March 14, 2002). The AG noted that a nonprofit that satisfies the requirements of Govt. Code section 54592(c) (which is part of California's open meetings law, the Brown Act), is also subject to the PRA. Section 54592(c) provides that a legislative body includes: (1) A board, commission, committee, or other multimember […]

    October 10, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Getting information from closed sessions

    Our board has agendized for the upcoming meeting the following under closed session using 54956.9 for the below items. a.  Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release b.  Conference with Labor Negotiator Does this mean that during open session they need not disclose the position of the employee that was being disciplined and dismissed or what the labor […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Can settlements be negotiated in closed session if no pending litigation exists?

    […] circumstances, there is a significant exposure to litigation against the local agency. (2) Based on existing facts and circumstances, the legislative body of the local agency is meeting only to decide whether a closed session is authorized pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision. (3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), "existing facts […]

    June 14, 2009