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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Closed sessions…

    Our city attorney is planning a closed session meeting with the city council and police review commission to discuss a recent court decision regarding open police complaint hearings.  Is this legal?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Request for advisory committee’s documents denied

    […] local planning group (elected advisory body under the City's Dept. of Planning and Land Use). The chair of the committee has sent members an email  explaining that they should each bring the documents they possess for me to read while the meeting is in session, but claiming copies needn't be provided.  What do I do?

    August 3, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I access emails of city employees using personal emails for city business?

    […] however, should not be construed broadly, but rather interpreted narrowly in the interest of disclosure. For example, the mere presence of legal counsel at a closed session meeting does not render discussions that take place during that meeting "confidential." Register Division of Freedom Newspapers v. County of Orange, 158 Cal. App. 3d 893, 907-08 […]

    November 17, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Can A City Councilmember Change Recorded Vote If It Changes Outcome?

    […] councilmembers change their votes after it has already been tabulated by the City Clerk? This concerns a vote that was taken by written ballot in a public meeting to fill a vacant council seat by appointment. The clerk read the votes and there was no majority on a particular candidate. So, one of the […]

    April 5, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    County Bar Association and the CPRA and Brown Act

    I am reading the Attorney General opinion concerning the private cable company that must comply with open meeting and records requests -- would this apply to a local County Bar Association which has been delegated certain county functions.  It would seem to me that it would; but they are taking a very aggressive stance […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FAC Seeks Nominations for 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award

    […] or institution whose actions deserve public honor and emulation for their advancement of government transparency. Areas vital in the struggle for open government are access to public meetings, public records, the courts, government data; defense of citizens’ right to speak; defense of journalists’ rights; and defense of the right to "blow the whistle" and […]

    August 15, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Water agency contractors’ calculations “trade secret”?

    […] the law that regulates the conduct of the governing bodies of all local public agencies. The Brown Act is intended to provide public access to local government meetings and serves to facilitate participation in all phases of local government decision-making. One of the requirements of the law is that the public be given access […]

    January 16, 2012

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    CPRA

    How can I find out if a non-profit is cooking the books?

    […] 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, the Humane Society would […]

    May 21, 2015