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    Brown Act

    Closed Sessions, Settlements, and Lack of Discussion/Public Comment

    […] had no opportunity to comment on the terms, nor would they have known from reading the agenda item that such terms were under consideration. While the council could legally discuss the litigation in closed session, doesn't the adoption of far-reaching changes to city sign codes without the possibility of public input constitute a Brown Act violation?

    June 14, 2009

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    Council gerrymandering and the Brown Act

    I live in the small desert town.  The Brown Act does not seem to make it to this part of California.  Members of the council poll each other and make decisions before the council meeting, any item they deem goes to closed session and no report of what happened is ever given to the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Are Search & Rescue Board Meetings subject to Brown Act?

    Our Search and Rescue team is a 501.c.3 non-profit corporation, includes only volunteer members, operates under the Sheriff's Office and uses their facilities/vehicles, raises public donations, and includes two Sheriff Deputy Sergeants on the seven person Search and Rescue Board (they are not on the County Board). Are we subject to the Brown Act?

    September 8, 2015

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    Special meeting and the Brown Act

    […] have argued with the Secretary of the Oakland School Board that when the Brown Act says notice, it means that the notice of a school board meeting must include a statement notifying the public they will have the opportunity to speak on the agenda items for a special meeting. However, the Board Secretary feels […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Does Brown Act Permit City Council’s New Rules of Decorum?

    […] this statutory requirement, the First Amendment guards against regulations that are too restrictive of speech.  Regulations should be "content neutral" and narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest, and they must allow ample alternative channels of communication.  See, e.g., Perry Educ. Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators’ Ass’n, 460 U.S. 37, 45 (1983). Generally […]

    May 21, 2018

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    Should school superintendent’s goals be made in closed session?

    […] withheld from public view because they are considered part of the individual's "personnel file." 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.

    April 13, 2012

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Non-English Speaking Participants at City Council Meetings

    […] this speech than if you simply try to speak for an extended amount of time. You should also be aware of the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Act ( Government Code section 7290 et seq.), which provides that "t is the intention of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide for effective communication between all […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Cure and correct Brown Act violations

    Under Government Code section 54952(b), any "commission, committee, board or other body of a local agency, whether permanent or temporary, decision making or advisory, charged by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body " is subject to the public notice and public meeting requirements of the Brown Act. As for the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    The “deliberative process privilege” is dead or, at best, on life support

    […] have been. By Peter Scheer The chairman of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, Bill Postmus, refuses to make public his calendar of meetings and other government events. This refusal takes no small amount of chutzpah, since Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger regularly releases his calendars, as have all other statewide elected officials. Postmus is […]

    June 2, 2009