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    Brown Act

    Labor negotiations and the Brown Act

    […] you indicate, there is an exception to the open-meeting requirements of the Brown Act for certain employee evaluations.  This "personnel exception" permits closed sessions to "consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee."  Government Code 54957(b)(1).   However, section 54957(b)(4) further provides: "Closed sessions . . . shall not […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Convening in closed sessions

    […] for Local Legislative Bodies, p. 12 (Cal.Atty General's Office 2003). With respect to whether the board can hold a closed session to discuss the supervisor search and appointment, the answer to that question is yes.   Government Code Section 54957 provides that boards may hold closed meetings to "consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Explainers

    […] packet, of any meeting of a legislative body." Govt. Code § 54954.1. "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 […]

    July 3, 2024

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    How much can I spend advertising against a ballot measure?

    […] "any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendar year. (b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendar year; or (c) Makes contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or […]

    July 7, 2010