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Brown Act

City Council Met Prior to Public Meeting and Made Last-Minute Agenda Changes

[…] from the City regarding a developer's plan that was not made public. The mayor and a council member met before a public hearing in which the agenda was changed at the last minute. The vote was 4-1 in favor of the road we were promised would not go in. Does this violate the Brown Act?

May 17, 2018
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Public officials’ love of secrecy is no match for the public’s love to watch government decision-making up close. In California, democratic voyeurism prevails.

[…] ambitions notwithstanding, ain't the Governor. California’s chief executive, as the embodiment of state sovereignty, is entitled to a degree of deference that does not apply to lesser government officials. Even more important, the Governor's office is not covered by the Brown Act (or its equivalent for state agencies, the Bagley-Keene Act) and its guarantee […]
- Public Meetings
June 2, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

Limiting Public Testimonies to New Issues

[…] privilege or protection for expression beyond that otherwise provided by law. Cal Gov Code § 54954.3 (emphasis added). In other words, at every regular meeting, the body must allow an opportunity for the public to speak, but it may adopt "reasonable" rules, including regulations "limiting the total amount of time allocated for public testimony […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

Limiting Public Comment to Issues Not Already Covered

[…] privilege or protection for expression beyond that otherwise provided by law. Cal Gov Code § 54954.3 (emphasis added). In other words, at every regular meeting, the body must allow an opportunity for the public to speak, but it may adopt "reasonable" rules, including regulations "limiting the total amount of time allocated for public testimony […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

Elected Officials Right to Public Comment

[…] claim to do so as a resident? May that official verbally insult residents who have spoken without some consequence to himself? Is there any violation of the Brown Act? How can we the residents protect ourselves and how can we convince the Mayor and Council, who have been intimidated, to take action? What recourse […]

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

School Board Voted In Secret to Pick New Superintendent

[…] of teachers, parents, and community activists protested against the secret meeting that the city school board to pick the new yet controversial superintendent. We believe that the closed and secret meeting violated several provisions of the Brown Act and we would like help in understanding how the Brown Act applies and in finding an attorney.

December 10, 2018
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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

Defining “action taken” and sufficiently describing agenda items

We believe based on a published Attorney General's Opinion that the Brown Act applies to student governments at community colleges. Our student government, which distributes about $1.3 million per year in student fees, seems to consistently violate the Brown Act, particularly with respect to notice of its intended actions. Specifically, while our student government […]

June 14, 2009
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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