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  • 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

  • Handbooks

    Police Transparency Handbook

    […] ports, and many other types of law enforcement personnel. Penal Code sections 830 to 830.15 detail numerous categories of "peace officers." Peace officers may also include some correctional officers, e.g., prison guards for state prisons, and other employees of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, such as parole and probation officers. Custodial officers […]

    September 6, 2024

  • Posts

    First Amendment

    FAC Letter to San Diego Police Officers Union Regarding Cease and Desist Demand to Photojournalist Joe Orellana

    […] letter to Orellana accusing him of making "false and defamatory statements" about Lt. Sharki. But as the FAC notes in its letter today, " Regardless of whether correction or retraction of a statement might be appropriate, the First Amendment prohibits claims arising from a statement about a public official unless the plaintiff can prove […]

    May 4, 2023

  • 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

  • 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