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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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How to file a Brown Act complaint

[…] action to enforce the Brown Act may be entitled to recover attorneys' fees. The details of this enforcement procedure are set out in Section 54960.1 of the Government Code. (see Text of the Brown Act). Again, it is not necessary that an attorney file any court action, although if you reach this stage with […]

August 6, 2011
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FAC Opposes Legislation that Would Weaken Public Oversight of Government Officials in California

It’s about accountability We are writing to alert you to legislation pending in California that would take the wrong lesson from the pandemic and weaken open- government laws under the guise of increasing remote access to meetings. The most problematic provisions undermine the democratic values of open government and oversight of our public institutions […]
May 13, 2022
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Brown Act

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

I ask for transparency; they ask me to resign

I have concerns that my school District has violated the Brown Act. When the school board made our interim Superintendent a permanent Superintendent without any public input because it wasn't properly agendized. I am also concerned that a committee I serve on has been deemed a closed door confidential meeting per the Brown Act. […]

January 11, 2012
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CPRA FOIA

Hospital Records

[…] discuss with them under the California Information Action, to obtain records of others that have contracted this infection at the hospital just prior and after I was admitted and discharged. Are my rights enforceable under the California Information Act, California Public Records Act, Patient Access to Medical Records law or the Federal Freedom of Information Act?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Closed City Council Meetings Outside Regular Meeting

[…] boy network that exist in this City. Seems only fair that the taxpayers would be allowed the same opportunity, but are not! The taxpayers are required to follow the strict guidelines for public participation at the council meeting, and their time to comment is controlled. Do these meeting violate the Brown Act open meeting requirements?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Closed sessions under the Brown Act

If the board of the public charter school is a "legislative body" under the Brown Act, it is subject to the Brown Act and can discuss only certain topics during closed session. Whether or not the Brown Act is violated by closed meetings depends upon whether the subject matter was one properly discussed in […]

June 14, 2009
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Does City Council’s Rule Against Holding Up Signs At Meetings Violate the First Amendment?

[…] highly fact-specific analysis, which is unfortunately outside the scope of services we can provide at this hotline. We recommend speaking with a local lawyer experienced in city government issues, who can provide you with more detailed analysis and specific advice. In any event, you may wish to inform the city attorney, and other members […]

January 20, 2021
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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