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Brown Act

Religious institutions and the Brown Act

I would like to find out if the Brown Act applies to Churches/Temples that are non profit or charitable institutions? Can the President of a board of directors have meetings with a few members of the board without taking minutes and without the full executive committee brought in to the "dinner" or meeting prior […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Mayor and University Official Meetings

[…] that the Bagley-Keene Act, which generally requires meetings of multimember "state bodies" to be public, also appears to be inapplicable to the situation you describe. Under California Government Code 11121, a "state body" includes any of the following: (a) Every state board, or commission, or similar multimember body of the state that is created […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Open Meeting Rules for Chamber of Commerce/ Non-Profits

Typically, chambers of commerce fall in the category of nonprofit organizations. The California Public Records Act (PRA) explicitly provides that "nonprofit entities that are legislative bodies of a local agency" pursuant to Section 54952 of the Brown Act are "local agencies" subject to the PRA. Subsection (c) of section 54952 provides: 54952. As used […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

Can a city council deny public comment on an agenda item solely because the item is informational and the council will not take action on it?

A city in California does not allow public comment on agenda items on which no action will be taken by the council at the meeting. Under what circumstances can public comment be denied on agendized items? Is it true that public comment can be denied on agenda items that are informational only and upon […]

September 25, 2025
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Brown Act

Brown Act Requirements and Prohibitions in Relation to Community College Governments

This question relates to the Brown Act, which, pursuant to an Attorney General Opinion, applies to community college student governments. Recently, the student designated to post the notice of our student senate (our legislative body) meeting failed, because of illness, to post it by 3 p.m. Sunday for a meeting the following Wednesday at […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Inaccurate agenda information at County Board meeting

Is it a Brown Act violation to intentionally provide false information on the agenda, agenda description, or supporting documents provided with the agenda for a County Board meeting?

April 15, 2016
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Brown Act

Are school district “fact-finding” committee meetings public?

[…] academic programs should they close the school. It is my understanding that such a committee is an advisory committee for the district and therefore falls under the Brown Act, however at the last committee meeting the district's public information officer tried to chase me out. The PIO and the district superintendent have also been […]

March 8, 2016
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CPRA

Council-elect make decisions, but claim documents are not public

[…] agency; or entities that are legislative bodies of a local agency pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 54952."Gov't Code section 6252(a). Section 54952(c) of the Government Code defines a "legislative body" as: (1) A board, commission, committee, or other multimember body that governs a private corporation, limited liability company, or other entity […]

October 21, 2010
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Brown Act First Amendment

School Site Council tactics intimidate parents, public

[…] cut off by the chair. The individual was repeatedly ruled "out of order." The person was then ordered out of the meeting and, when he failed to comply, an armed police officer was summoned. The officer, however, determined that situation was not a police matter and refused to remove the man from the meeting. […]

February 3, 2012
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Brown Act

Does the Brown Act allow closed session negotiations for all public school contracts?

Does the Brown Act allow a publicly elected school board to hold closed session discussion under Government Code 54957 (Public Employee Appointment/Employment) and 54957.6 (Labor Negotiations) regarding the appointment and pay structure of a Director of Curriculum to the position of Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. Both positions are administrative positions that report directly to […]

July 19, 2016