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    Brown Act

    Closed meeting votes and the Brown Act

    Under the Brown Act, can a sitting city council conduct a secret vote (no public notification) whether to consider a legally filed candidate for a city commission appointment, and then, refuse to make public how each council member voted or how the tally went when they do appoint candidates to a commission?

    June 14, 2009

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    Court Records

    Civil Harassment Restraining Order Filings; Non-Internet Accessible

    […] 2.503(c)(6).  However, Rule 2.503(b)(1) provides that, to the extent feasible, a court must provide electronic access, both remotely and at the courthouse, to "egistrars of actions ... calendars, and indexes in all cases." (emph. added).  Thus, while the actual documents filed in civil harassment proceedings may not be made available for remote electronic viewing, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Does Brown Act Allow Adding Agenda Items Less Than 72-Hours Before A Meeting?

    […] a closed session heading listed at the end of the meeting — but the council doesn't meet in closed session; it's like a placeholder. On its action calendar, the council was scheduled to discuss and appoint a new interim city attorney. Three hours before the 7 p.m. meeting, the city clerk sent out an […]

    May 19, 2020

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    CPRA

    Access to public records denied during business hours

    […] referred to as a custodian of a public record) shall, at normal times and during normal and reasonable hours of operation without unreasonable delay without requiring an appointment, permit the public record, or any segregable portion of a record, to be inspected and examined by any person and shall furnish one copy thereof upon […]

    November 21, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Secret ballots violate Brown Act

    I attended a City Council Meeting today where the Council appointed members to an advisory board. The appointments were done in open session, but by secret ballot. After announcing the matter, taking questions and comments, the city council sat at the dias w/microphones off, each wrote their choices for the board on a piece […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    CHP said I could view dashboard video, but all my requests have been denied

    […] of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record."  Govt. Code §  6255(a). No exemption clearly applies that would prevent release of the CHP officer’s dashboard camera footage, but even if the CHP were claiming some exemption, that exemption […]

    November 12, 2014