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    Brown Act

    Informal Meetings and the Brown Act

    I understand that the Brown Act prohibits a majority of a Board of Supervisors from meeting together illegally.  However, can one supervisor discuss an issue with another two or more other supervisors on a personal, informal basis, one at a time?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Are Emails Meetings?

    Can members of a public agency use emails (to all members of the board) to share information regarding board matters. These are information only emails, no action is taken, and no votes are taken. They are used to provide information on action that may or may not be taken at the scheduled board meetings.

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Serial Meetings 101

    A citizen here has asked the DA to investigate Riverside County supervisors for possible violation of the " serial meetings" provision of the Brown Act. Could someone explain to me exactly how a series of two-person conversations can violate the act? On a five-member board, if A discusses X with B, and then B discusses […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Quorums, Listservs, and the Brown Act

    […] listserv does not in and of itself violate the Brown Act, a Brown Act violation would exist to the extent the listserv is used to conduct a serial meeting. The Brown Act defines a "meeting" as "a congregation of a majority of the members of a legislative body at the same time and place to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Councilmembers May Have Met Privately to Agree on Vote Outcome

    […] of the members of the city council. You might want to review the FAC’s primer on the Brown Act, specifically the section on what constitutes a " serial meeting." This could help you determine whether or not such a meeting might have taken place that resulted in concurrence on this issue outside of a properly […]

    November 6, 2018

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    Blog FAC News

    Remembering FAC Founding Father and California Journalism Giant, Frank McCulloch

    […] plane passenger traffic. McCulloch made news himself in l972 when author Clifford Irving claimed to have interviewed the by-then reclusive Hughes for a book and Life Magazine serialized the story as authentic. Hughes called McCulloch, then working in Time-Life New York headquarters, to reveal it as a hoax, and McCulloch stopped the Life presses […]

    May 31, 2018

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    Brown Act

    Closed door assessor appointment – possible Brown Act violation

    […] of the members of a particular legislative body that take place outside the confines of a properly noticed meeting. In other words, under the Brown Act, a serial meeting in violation of the Act may have occurred if  "a series of communications of any kind , directly or through intermediaries, to discuss, deliberate, or take action […]

    April 21, 2016