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    Explainers

    […] investigations conducted by ... any state or local police agency ... or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes." Govt. Code § 7923.600(a), formerly § 6254(f). A law enforcement agency's own investigatory records, such as its reports, notes & findings […]

    July 3, 2024

  • Handbooks

    California Brown Act Primer

    About Brown Act " Cure and Correct" Demand Letters This template is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to constitute legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship. In general, a "Cure and Correct" demand letter is only needed under the Brown Act when a legislative body has taken an "action" […]

    September 8, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Brown Act violations in closed session real-property negotiations

    […] was recorded by me on June 1. I want to delay the sale of the properties being negotiated. I need to know how to use the " Cure and Correct" action to cause the Council to have to invalidate the property sale. I am not sure if an open session vote to proceed with […]

    September 8, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Dealing with a cure and correct notice in a closed session

    The school board I am a member received a cure and correct challenge regarding an action taken in closed session to dismiss an employee.The cure and correct involves whether proper notice was given for the meeting.The president and superintendent have placed the response to the cure and correct claim on next week's agenda.They are […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Unposted Supporting Documents and Public Comment on those Documents

    […] item over our objections. Should we have been able to review the "findings" prior to that day?  Is this a Brown Act violation? Should I submit a cure and correct letter to the Board of Supervisors since the "findings" had several major errors? If I were to file a Correct and Cure letter with […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Agency answered cure & correct letter with demonstrable falsehoods

    I sent a letter to a public agency requesting " cure and correction," to a Brown Act violation.  The Agency responded with a signed document that contained demonstrably false statements of fact. What is the correct name and legal status of this response document? Is it a legal response that is subject to perjury […]

    February 4, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Non-Agenda Items, Emergency Items, and the Brown Act

    […] days of the date of the meeting. Your letter should demand that the action be "cured or corrected," and you can, if you want, suggest a specific cure or correction.  In this case, voiding the action taken, and placing the item back on the agenda at a properly noticed meeting would probably be the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Cure and correct Brown Act violations

    […] held in violation of the Brown Act, you must take certain steps -- such as submitting a written notice of the alleged violation and a demand to cure or correct it.  For most alleged violations, the demand letter must be submitted within 90 days of the meeting at issue, the agency then has 30 […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    “Briefings” on controversial project really serial meetings?

    […] about the project and was insistent that they take a positive action on the project the following evening. How much evidence do we need to send a cure and demand letter? Apparently these small group serial briefings are commonplace, but not usually so coercive. We citizens in the community are tired of our city […]

    August 18, 2010