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Brown Act

Can new board member get updated on past closed sessions?

I am a newly elected school board member. Our upcoming agenda will contain a closed session item that has also been discussed in closed session prior to my appointment. Can I ask the staff and board members who participated in the prior closed session to divulge what was discussed?

November 28, 2011
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CPRA

CPRA request for disclosure of evidence related to School District misconduct case

[…] for a period of not less than three years after termination of employment. Id. at § 1198.5(c)(1). Employers must make these personnel records available "not later than 30 calendar days from the date the employer receives a written request…" Id. at § 1198.5(b). If an employer fails to permit inspection, a former employee may recover a […]

December 12, 2015
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CPRA School Records

What portion of personnel files are exempt from CPRA disclosure?

[…] to disclosure. "Although reclassification may be embarrassing to an individual…in California, employment contracts are public records and may not be considered exempt…The letters were memoranda of [employee’s] appointment to a position and the rescission thereof; they therefore manifested his employment contract. Because the letters regarded business transactions and contained no personal information, the court […]

April 22, 2017
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Brown Act CPRA

Brown Act violation involving resignations

[…] not violate the Brown Act (pertaining to open meetings), but it might violate the Board’s bylaws. You may want to request a copy, to determine voting and appointment requirements. Additionally, the resignation (and any document rescinding it) may be available to you by way of a public records request. The Public Records Act provides […]

April 4, 2016
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Brown Act

Charter board meetings flout Brown Act rules

[…] to the security of public buildings, essential public services, or that threaten the public's right of access to such buildings/services (Gov. Code §54957(a)); or to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, etc. of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person (Gov. Code §54957(b)). […]

June 8, 2011
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Brown Act

City Council Met Prior to Public Meeting and Made Last-Minute Agenda Changes

[…] as specified in subdivision (a). (3) The item was posted pursuant to subdivision (a) for a prior meeting of the legislative body occurring not more than five calendar days prior to the date action is taken on the item, and at the prior meeting the item was continued to the meeting at which action […]

May 17, 2018
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Brown Act

Water Board repeatedly violates Brown Act

[…] that they were in violation of the Brown Act. Subsequently, this same Board held an opening of a facility. They did not put the meeting on the calendar of the Board. Nor did they post a Board meeting announcement. Four of the five Board members were present. There seems to be a pattern of […]

December 31, 2010
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Brown Act

Can new board members ask for past closed session update?

I am a newly elected school board member. Our upcoming agenda will contain a closed session item that has also been discussed in closed session prior to my appointment. Can I ask the staff and board members who participated in the prior closed session to divulge what was discussed then?

February 20, 2011
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Brown Act

Has the Brown Act changed to allow votes on items not on agenda?

[…] as specified in subdivision (a). (3) The item was posted pursuant to subdivision (a) for a prior meeting of the legislative body occurring not more than five calendar days prior to the date action is taken on the item, and at the prior meeting the item was continued to the meeting at which action […]

March 22, 2015
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Court Records

CA Supreme Court denied my petition and I demand the right to know why

[…] its orders and judgments, its scheduling and administration of cases, its assignment of judicial officers and administrators," as well as "official court minutes," written orders, the "master calendar," and "the various documents filed in or received by the court. Id. at 113. "All of these documents represent and reflect the official work of the […]

April 13, 2012