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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Bundling agenda action items silences public input

    […] practice our school board school board to "bundle"  regular action items on the agenda. At the only regular board meeting of August 2010, after approving the consent calendar, the board approved the regular agenda items as presented. Their own by-laws state an agenda item will be presented; the administration will give their presentation and […]

    September 17, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Access to agenda attachments

    […] of all, of the members of a legislative body, whichever occurs first. Any request for mailed copies of agendas or agenda packets shall be valid for the calendar year in which it is filed, and must be renewed following January 1 of each year. The legislative body may establish a fee for mailing the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    Ginny LaRoe Named as FAC’s Programs and Outreach Director

    The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the appointment of Ginny LaRoe, a veteran reporter and editor with substantial experience in legal affairs news, as FAC’s Programs and Outreach Director. LaRoe spent more than a decade on staff at newspapers in five states, primarily focused on the criminal justice system and local government. […]

    July 29, 2019

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Court Employee Anonymity

    […] we will call Category I documents, would be the official court minutes, all its written orders and dispositions, the official reports of oral proceedings, and the master calendar. Also included in Category I of court documents would be the various documents filed in or received by the court, such as the pleadings and motions […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    When does the 10 days count start with a CPRA request?

    […] states that a response shall be made "within 10 days from receipt of the request."  In general, when a statute does not specifically provide for "business" days, calendar days apply.  With respect to when the 10 days begins to run, California Code of Civil Procedure section 12 provides that the "time in which any […]

    June 14, 2009