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    Secrecy surrounding public employees’ pay & benefits makes mockery of democracy

    BY PETER SCHEER---Local officials talk a good game about government transparency and accountability. And while city council members and county supervisors often go through the motions of conducting official business in an open and public way, on the biggest, most costly and consequential issues that come before them---issues that dwarf all others by orders […]

    June 24, 2015

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    Hillary’s email problem: A crucial lesson for government officials everywhere

    […] the country literally thousands of state and local political officials, from governors to local school superintendents, use their personal email accounts for sending and receiving messages about government business. Hardly surprising. All public officials support government transparency in the abstract, but when it comes to their own communications, most opt for secrecy. They have […]

    March 17, 2015

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    For Sunshine Week, CFAC to lead LA discussion on national security and 1st Amendment

    Discussion on Open Government will follow L.A. Theatre Works March 13 Production of Pentagon Papers Docudrama California First Amendment Coalition Director Peter Scheer to Lead Panel Washington — Sunshine Week will host a discussion on open government and secrecy issues following a Thursday, March 13, L.A. Theatre Works production of "Top Secret: The Battle […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Brown signs anti-sunshine bill, setting up 1st Amdt battle. Do labor rights trump democracy?

    […] to receive information from their elected officials, and by elected officials’ derivative First Amendment rights to communicate with constituents about matters of public importance—-which union contracts covering government employees surely are.  These communications are the essence of democracy, enabling the people to hold government accountable. And the essence of democracy is non-negotiable (to paraphrase […]

    October 27, 2015

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    Brown Act

    Budget committee meets behind closed doors

    Government Code section 54952(b) contains the definition of agencies that are covered by the Brown Act: "A commission, committee, board or other body of a local agency, whether permanent or temporary, decision-making or advisory, created by charter, ordinance , resolution or formal action of a legislative body. However, advisory committees, composed solely of […]

    September 13, 2011

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    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    School District agenda packets

    […] the Public Records Act.  The Brown Act expressly provides that citizens may request that a copy of the agenda packet be mailed to him or her.  ( Government Code section 54954.1, reproduced below.)  In addition, the Brown Act provides that any documents distributed to all or a majority of the members of a public […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    School district denies Brown Act violation. What next?

    […] & Correct letter to the Board of Trustees and the attorney representing our school district. My letter was sent on April 10, 2013, and it referenced several Brown Act violations related to a School Board meeting on March 12, 2013 where the decision was made to release me from my position without cause. The […]

    June 17, 2013

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    Brown Act CPRA

    School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private?

    Under the Brown Act, does a school board have the obligation to disclose the goals they set for the district superintendent of schools? Similarly, do they have the obligation to disclose the evaluation criteria for the superintendent of schools? The evaluation criteria for teachers is in the public record, so why not the same […]

    August 14, 2014

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Written public comment not read as promised before City Council vote taken

     I submitted a written public comments to an agenda item because I could not attend a Special Meeting of the City Council. The City Clerk acknowledged that they had been received and would be read into the record during public comment time period for the specific item. This did not happen and the vote was taken […]

    June 14, 2016