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    Brown Act

    aa-Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and the Brown Act

    […] for closed sessions (items to be discussed must be posted on agenda, requirements for closed sessions must be met, etc). As to your first question, you are correct that in general, public comment must be allowed before or during the Board's consideration of the particular item.  However, Brown Act itself does not contain any […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Employee Information and the CPRA

    […] said, the employees could have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Whether "Teamsters" is right or wrong has been subject to some debate. But even if it is correct, "Teamsters" would not seem to help state employees because the state has consistently released this information. For example, we are aware of at least one newspaper […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Emergency agenda items and proper notice requirements

    My first question is: What is the correct procedure for adding an "emergency" item to a city Council agenda? Recently, a City Council added an "emergency" closed session to its agenda to discuss "anticipated litigation" without any motions or votes. My second question is about anticipated litigation: Must it be described in some fashion […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal Investigation Files and the Department of Toxic Substances Control

    […] an exemption for "investigations conducted by .. any state or local police agency, or any investigatory ... files complied by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes ...."  Gov't Code sec. 6254(f).  This would probably include a criminal investigation by a state agency like the DTSC. Unfortunately, the fact […]

    June 14, 2009