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  • Latest News

    FAC News

    Now Hiring: Development Director

    […] will remain open until filled. Location: FAC has offices in San Rafael, California, but this position can be based anywhere in California. Travel for donor and team meetings may be required. Salary: $90,000-$110,000 depending on experience. Higher compensation may be available for someone with advanced skills and/or experience. Includes health benefits and eligibility for […]

    August 25, 2022

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    First Amendment Press Rights

    FAC Calls on Governor to Sign Bill Strengthening Press Protections at Protests

    […] into law.Read FAC Executive Director David Snyder's op-ed in support. Additional bills that deserve Newsom's signature: AB 48Protections for protesters (PASSED) AB 339Remote participation incertain Brown Act-governed meetings after the pandemic(PASSED) Status of bills FAC opposed in 2021: AB 268Sealing of autopsy records(WITHDRAWN) AB 361Governing public meetings during an emergency(PASSED) You can make your […]

    September 30, 2021

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    October 21, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Senior Center Boards and the Brown Act

    […] legislative body are not legislative bodies, except that standing committees of a legislative body, irrespective of their composition, which have a continuing subject matter jurisdiction, or a meeting schedule fixed by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body are legislative bodies for purposes of this chapter. (c) (1) A board, commission, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Selling property and public input

    […] government is negotiating from sitting in on the session at which the negotiating terms are developed.  Kletiman v. Superior Court, 74 Cal. App. 4th 324 (1999).  Before meeting in closed session for this purpose, however, the body must identify the real estate property at issue, the individual who will act as the negotiator, and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Incoming Superintendent Sitting in on Closed Session

    […] may attend a closed session, and that the body -- here, the school board -- cannot admit anyone else, even those who have an interest in the meeting, without allowing the general public to attend.  46 Ops. Cal. Atty Genl. 34, 35 (1965). The district would no doubt argue that attendance of the head of the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Does Brown Act allow City secrecy about power plant plans?

    The Brown Act governs the extent to which the meetings of local agencies must be conducted in a manner that is open to the public. If the city council was otherwise required to vote as a body to petition for a 5-year extension, that vote would have to have been conducted in a open, […]

    June 14, 2013

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    Vote YES on Prop 42 if you value open-government. Vote no if you prefer secrecy.

    […] or county government, then the choice is clear: You should vote for Prop 42. Prop 42 solves a problem that has repeatedly undercut enforcement of California’s open meetings law (the Brown Act) and open records law (the Public Records Act). Because  these laws are "mandated" by the Legislature, the state must reimburse local governments […]

    May 13, 2014

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    Brown Act

    Closed sessions under the Brown Act

    […] Act, it is subject to the Brown Act and can discuss only certain topics during closed session.  Whether or not the Brown Act is violated by closed meetings depends upon whether the subject matter was one properly discussed in closed session and whether the pertinent notice on the body's agenda pertaining to such a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    CPRA request was denied for document discussed in open session

    […] of the members of a legislative body of a local agency by any person in connection with a matter subject to discussion or consideration at an open meeting of the body, are disclosable public records under the California Public Records Act."  Gov't Code § 54957.5(a). However, "this section shall not include any writing exempt […]

    January 14, 2016