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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Continuance of Public Hearings

    The primary piece of legislation affecting the public's rights with respect to meetings of local (ie, city or county) legislative bodies is the Brown Act.  Unfortunately, nothing in the Brown Act prohibits the City from continuing the hearing on your project.  The applicable bylaws would likely be the only source of authority on this […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    Bert Robinson, veteran reporter, editor and open government advocate joins FAC Board

    […] the Mercury News Robinson wrote a series of articles detailing little-known closed sessions of the California Legislature that led to to the passage of the Legislative Open Meeting Act. More recently, he was a key player in the San Jose Sunshine Reform Task Force that wrote the new open meetings and open records law […]

    January 5, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Can we compel our non-profit hospital to share financial information with the community?

    […] and consent to any sale or transfer of a health facility owned or operated by a nonprofit corporation. The review and consent process created does require open meetings. But it does not explicitly require that the organization's financial records be made public. And, of course, it only applies when the organization seeks to sell […]

    October 21, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Citizen access to City financial reports

    For the past year and a half, I have been attending our local City Council Meetings. I have determined by the current By-Laws that the Treasurer is required to file quarterly financial reports with the City, and I am attempting to access said reports. As a citizen do I have a right to this information?

    April 6, 2016

  • 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