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    Explainers

    First Amendment and Government Transparency Explainers

    July 3, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    I could not display a video during my public comment at a city council meeting

    This inquiry raises two distinct issues: (1) the extent to which a government agency can regulate the process and form of public comments; and (2) what remedies are available for violations of public comment rules. We will first address limitations on public comment, and then we will share information about the Brown Act’s remedies […]

    April 3, 2025

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    Brown Act

    Governing Boards with Public Funds

    I would like to know if governing Boards for co-ops that use public funds fall into the jurisdiction of the Brown Act or the Bagley-Keen open meeting act?  If so how the Brown Act applies to these governing bodies?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Board Conducting Public’s Business Via Private Emails

    […] But, going forward, what is the process by which a Board can communicate electronically and still comply with the Brown Act?  What are the rules? What process could one use to require the Board to make those emails a part of the public record? This must not be the first time this issue has arisen.

    June 24, 2010

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Park & Rec “advisory committee” keeping its advice secret

    […] form a "Management Committee" without approval of the full Board when one of the (two) members of said Committee is a public member? 2. This "Committee" met with representatives of several public and possibly private (non-profit) organizations without publicly reporting who they met with, when, or the topic of discussion. We do know they […]

    August 8, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Are Community Action Agencies Subject to the Brown Act?

    You would think that Community Action Agencies (nonprofit 501c3) would be subject to the Brown Act since they were created under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, are required to have one-third of their board made up of elected officials, and receive huge amounts of federal and state tax payer monies, etc. But a […]

    October 30, 2020

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    A Guide to 2023 Open Meetings Law Changes

    […] public criticism of the policies, procedures, programs, or services of the agency, or of the acts or omissions of the legislative body. AB 2647 (Levine) codified at Government Code section 54957.5 AB 2647 allows local bodies to satisfy transparency requirements related to disclosure of records tied to business set for discussion or action at […]

    February 16, 2023