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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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Join us in urging the Governor to sign SB 914 to protect privacy and free speech rights

[…] of a pack of cigarettes. But, of course, that ignores the uniquely intrusive nature of coerced disclosure, through a cell phone search, of emails, contacts, notes, photos, calendars, articles, drafts, confidential sources and other files comprising the digital details of one's personal and business life. SB 914 (read the bill), based on the California […]
- Free Expression
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 21, 2011
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CPRA

UC keeps extending my records request without providing a reason

September 8, 2011
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Judge Kozinski, controversial conservative and free speech supporter, to speak at Oct. 18 Assembly
- Free Expression
June 3, 2009
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FAC opposes bill that would weaken open-meetings protections
- Public Meetings
June 3, 2024
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Brown Act

Public Funds and the CPRA

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Non-Profits Covered under Brown Act

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

When is a non-profit board subject to the Brown Act?

May 3, 2013
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Ginny LaRoe Named as FAC’s Programs and Outreach Director

The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the appointment of Ginny LaRoe, a veteran reporter and editor with substantial experience in legal affairs news, as FAC’s Programs and Outreach Director. LaRoe spent more than a decade on staff at newspapers in five states, primarily focused on the criminal justice system and local government. […]

July 29, 2019
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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