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    Brown Act

    School Board Closed Sessions with Administrators

    […] The Brown Act recognizes a number of distinct occasions when closed sessions are lawful.  Legislative bodies may hold closed sessions for the following reasons: -To consider the appointment, employment, evaluation or performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee, or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Incomplete labor exemption codes within School District closed session agenda

    […] listing Government Code Section 54957, without any other designation, may be unclear.  Pursuant to Gov't Code § 54957(b), a closed session may be held to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee.  ("Performance goals" would seem to fall under the umbrella of "evaluation of performance" pursuant to […]

    March 24, 2016

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    Brown Act

    No vote on new superintendent, but of consensus reached in closed session

    […] to the public.  One of these exceptions is found in Government Code § 54957(b), which authorizes public agencies to hold a meeting in closed session "to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee."  This exception, while narrow, likely applies here because the meeting involves the selection of a new […]

    August 26, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Can A City Councilmember Change Recorded Vote If It Changes Outcome?

    […] 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 councilmen changed his vote stating he didn't want […]

    April 5, 2018

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    CPRA

    Can criminal background checks on county candidates be kept confidential?

    […] on other officeholders nor does it plan to start doing them for all candidates. It did, however, conduct such a check in 1989 when it last made an appointment to the clerk-recorder position. Is the county's interpretation correct? Can the county keep the results of a background check on a person holding elected office confidential?

    May 1, 2013

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    Brown Act

    Does the CA legislature have an open meeting law?

    […] with the Joint Rule of the Assembly and Senate.  Govt. Code § 9028. The legislature may only hold a meeting in closed session in order to consider the appointment or evaluation of an employee, to consider matters that impact the safety of members of the legislature, or to confer with counsel.  Govt. Code § 9029. Additionally, […]

    December 17, 2014

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    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