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    Brown Act

    Public Official Event Attendance and Public Notice

    […] notified of the meeting or the proposed action.  I attended the meeting after receiving an email from a personal friend who over heard a conversation between the City Councilman's wife and the wife of the Mayor.  I believe this is at the very least an ethical breach if not a violation of the Brown Act.

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Public Comment at meetings, Campaigning, and Freedom of Speech

    It sounds like you are familiar with Section 54954.3 of the California Government Code (reproduced below), which provides that bodies subject to the Brown Act shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the body on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA Newsgathering

    Accessing document constituting an agenda and agency audits

    I'm a reporter at a suburban L.A. newspaper. I have two questions that relate to two different government bodies: 1) A charter high school, which is covered by the Brown Act, posts its Board's agenda 72 hours online before meetings. However, it never posts the documents constituting the agenda (e.g. text of resolutions to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Quorums, Listservs, and the Brown Act

    I am a member of the faculty at a California Community College and a member of the Academic Senate.  The Academic Senate is governed by the Brown Act.  The faculty have a listserv--electronic discussion forum.  If a quorum or more members of the Senate are subscribed to the listserv (closed to all but faculty […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Does the Brown Act Allow Consultant’s Report Reviewed in Closed Sessions?

    […] project the consultant had done. This has been a sensitive issue so I can understand why they'd want to hear the report privately, but I also can't see any Brown Act exemption that would actually justify them doing it in a closed session. My editor suggested I contact you before following up with the county.

    January 6, 2020

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    How Do We Make a Community Service District Board Comply with the Brown Act?

    […] nor anything about the actions of the board except for Fire Department issues are posted on the CSD website. I have also asked for financial reports for our fire department on multiple occasions by email, verbal, and meetings and have not received them. How do we make the CSD Board comply with the Brown Act?

    January 20, 2021

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    Illegal immigrants have access rights too. The benefits of the Brown Act and Public Records Act do not depend on citizenship.

    By Peter Scheer California's open government laws--the Brown Act and the Public Records Act, primarily--are often said to vindicate the "people's right to know" about their government. And indeed they do. But this formulation begs the question: which "people" exactly? At the country's founding, seemingly universalist references to "the people" actually meant a minority […]

    June 2, 2009

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    The city decided in closed session to let Wal Mart pick up legal tab for lawsuit

    […] the litigation and tally the vote in secret, I do NOT understand why they didn't properly agendize for open session the clear side-issue of allowing Wal-Mart to actually pay for the city's defense. I believe this secret payment agreement should have been discussed and voted upon in open session so that the public could […]

    August 20, 2012

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    Brown Act Compliance for Faculty Members Digitally Attending Academic Senate Meetings

    The Brown Act allows legislative bodies to "use video teleconferencing for the benefit of the public of the legislative body." Government Code section 54953(b). The term "teleconference" means a "meeting of individuals in different locations, connected by electronic means, through either audio, video, or both." Government Code section 54953(b)(4). A legislative body is permitted […]

    May 15, 2018