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Brown Act CPRA

The Brown Act and non-government youth organizations

I need to know if there are any acts, like the Brown or Public records acts, that govern youth sports leagues. My daughters play for a league that has closed meetings and meetings that nobody knows about.

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

New rule places unreasonable time restraints on public comments

[…] "limited public forums," or areas that traditionally have not been made open to the public, but have become public forums for at least some purposes because the government body that regulates a particular area has made it available for use by the public. The same high standard that applies to public forums — the […]

March 5, 2012
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Brown Act

Reporting closed sessions decisions

[…] Brown Act: Open Meetings for Local Legislative Bodies, Office of the Attorney General (2003), p. 40, http://www.ag.ca.gov/open_meetings/. ) Additionally, the exception applies only to meetings where the government agency is a party to the litigation.Shapiro v. Board of Directors, 134 Cal. App. 4th 170, 179-80 (2005). Assuming that the closed sessions concerning the development […]

June 5, 2010
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Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

Are Community College Faculty Senate meetings covered by the Brown Act?

I believe Community College Faculty Senates are subject to the Brown Act? If so, must these bodies disclose how each member voted on an item? I teach at a community college. My program was asked to make some amendments to an item, otherwise an individual told us she would challenge the matter. We made […]

January 30, 2012
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Brown Act

Changing Regular Meetings to Special Meetings

[…] days from receipt of the demand, you must file the lawsuit within 15 days after the expiration of those 30 days. Please see the provisions of California Government Code 54960.1 regarding the particulars of the timeline. Note, the procedures and time limitations set forth in Section 54960.1 do not apply to actions for injunctive […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Davis-Stirling Act

[…] granted a number of functionalities and services normally provided by a City to the Property Owners Association. The Property Owners Association claims to be exempt from the Brown Act so does not have to publish notifications ( agendas ) before executive sessions. They claim they function under Davis Sterling where notifications for executive sessions […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

Charter schools and the CPRA

Are California Charter Schools considered a California State agency and subject to the California Public Records Act?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Does A Closed Session Employment Termination Decision Violate the Brown Act?

[…] of any charges or complaints and was not given the choice of having a discussion in open session. I was unaware that the meeting was disciplinary in nature until yesterday when the Board’s attorney asked me to resign and sign a separation agreement. Wouldn’t this be considered a Brown Act Violation? How should I proceed?

November 12, 2018
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Brown Act CPRA School Records

Parents not invited to meeting that resulted in removing their autistic student from public school

[…] which exemption applies to those records, and why the records fall within that exemption. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

May 16, 2012
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Brown Act CPRA

County Bar Association and the CPRA and Brown Act

I am reading the Attorney General opinion concerning the private cable company that must comply with open meeting and records requests -- would this apply to a local County Bar Association which has been delegated certain county functions. It would seem to me that it would; but they are taking a very aggressive stance […]

June 14, 2009