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    Newsgathering

    Publishing leaked email

    […] 515-22 (1986), the court rejected a claim against a newspaper that had reported the confidential fact that a judicial commission had found the plaintiff unqualified for judicial appointment.  Similarly, with respect to government action against the publication of confidential information, the U.S. Supreme Court in 1989 held that in spite of a state statute […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Model Letters

    […] 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

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Closed college governing body meeting to endorse trustees candidate

    […] body to consider the endorsement of a candidate for the Board of Trustees in a closed meeting. Although the Brown Act permits closed meetings "to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee," Cal. Govt. Code Section 54957, this personnel exemption does not seem applicable to the situation […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Is a contracted City Attorney a city employee?

    The short answer to your question is yes. As you are clearly aware, the Brown Act permits closed sessions "to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee unless the employee requests a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    District Hospitals and Closed Sessions

    […] that Cal. Gov. Code Sec. 54957 contains a "personnel exemption" which allows the District to hold closed sessions for a variety of reasons, including "to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee..."  Sec. 54957(b)(1).  The purpose of this exemption has been interpreted to be to allow consideration […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Dealing with a cure and correct notice in a closed session

    Government Code Section 54957 provides that boards may hold closed meetings to "consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee unless the employee requests a public session."  (Full text of Section 54957 reproduced […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed Session Voting

    As you may know, the Brown Act provides that a legislative body may hold a closed session 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, unless the employee requests a public session."  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    City’s stonewalling newspapers

    […] we only communicate through documents gotten through public records requests.  A recent from us to the city asked for "all audits performed by Municipal Auditing Services in calendar years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007".  The city attorney sent a letter stating they will not give us the information, citing Section 6245(i) -- basically, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Circumstances for closed meetings

    […] the security of public buildings or a threat to the public's right of access to public services or public facilities" (Gov't Code § 54957) —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