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CPRA

How can I find out if a non-profit is cooking the books?

[…] from these departments are often excluded from public view due to the 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 21, 2015
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Brown Act

Is a city’s Building Board of Appeals a standing committee?

[…] posts an agenda 72 hours in advance of the meeting? I realize BBAs perform a quasi-judicial function rather than a legislative function but are still considered legislative bodies under the Brown Act. What I’m really trying to understand is whether BBAs are appropriately classified as standing committees under the Brown Act and if they […]

August 14, 2013
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Brown Act First Amendment

School board changed public comments without notice

[…] "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 30, 2010
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Brown Act

Does the Brown Act apply to volunteer fire company

[…] part of the Public Records Act but is the rest of our records part of the same Act. We believe that we are not part of the Brown Act because we have none of our members on the Fire Dept. Board and visa versa. We are a separate entity formed by our group back […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Accessing Polling Done with Public Funds

First, unless the pollster, as a private entity, meets the definition found in section 54952 of the California Government Code, it is not subject to the Public Records Act (PRA) and so you would not be able to obtain its records pursuant to a PRA request. The PRA applies to local agencies, defined as […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

How Can I Overturn A Decision Made By City Council Without Notifying Residents?

[…] lawsuit to contest or enjoin ongoing or future actions in alleged violation of the Brown Act; and (3) A lawsuit to void an action taken by a government entity in alleged violation of the Brown Act. With respect to option 1, persons alleging a past violation of the Brown Act and seeking to bar […]

January 16, 2020
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Government officials use personal email and texting to avoid public access laws. Why not use technology to enhance accountability instead of to subvert it?

By PETER SCHEER---All public officials favor open government in principle. Who would dare say otherwise? In reality, however, they are in a perpetual search, guided by clever lawyers, for new ways to circumvent disclosure requirements--at best, because they view requests for records as a nuisance, and at worst, because they have something to hide […]
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August 22, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

Bundling agenda action items silences public input

I would like to question the legality of a new practice our school board school board to "bundle" regular action items on the agenda. At the only regular board meeting of August 2010, after approving the consent calendar, the board approved the regular agenda items as presented. Their own by-laws state an agenda item […]

September 17, 2010
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Brown Act

Is it a Brown Act violation to move item from closed to open session?

I believe the City Council violated the Brown Act at a recent meeting when councilmembers voted 5-0 to move a closed-session item, described only with the name of an individual to the Regular Agenda. Can you tell me if it was proper for the City Council to move a closed-session item to the Regular Agenda during […]

March 13, 2014
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Brown Act CPRA

The mayor refused to let me make a public comment without identifying myself

Before filing a Brown Act violation against the mayor for denying me the opportunity to speakon an item before the city council because I refused to identify myself before making a public comment. I would like to get an opinion from your organization on my complaint and the city's response.

August 26, 2010