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Brown Act

“Briefings” on controversial project really serial meetings?

[…] or by telephone. At the meeting attended by two commissioners, the city manager squelched any dissent about the project and was insistent that they take a positive action on the project the following evening. How much evidence do we need to send a cure and demand letter? Apparently these small group serial briefings are […]

August 18, 2010
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Brown Act

City Planning Commission failure to address public comment

[…] with the established procedure, I submitted 3 pages of comments before the onset of the meeting. During the meeting my comments were overlooked - the Planning Director claimed they lacked relevance to the agenda item, even though they were directly pertinent to the discussion. Does this incident qualify as a violation of the Brown Act?

April 11, 2016
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CPRA

CA Public Benefit Corporations and the CPRA

[…] re planning issues, AG Opinion letters, abbreviated court cases, etc., visiting law libraries and trying to get a handle on what rights citizens have re planning. I must say you've got a great website. In fact I've copied your CA Public Records Act info and AG Opinion letter 71 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen 235 […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Does the Brown Act address how long a board member can be absent from meetings?

The Brown Act, at Government Code section 54953(b), provides that local agencies may use teleconferencing to conduct a meeting and provides the specific rules for so doing: (b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the legislative body of a local agency may use teleconferencing for the benefit of the public and the legislative […]

May 16, 2012
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Brown Act First Amendment Newsgathering

When is it okay to videotape a meeting?

[…] by a legislative body that falls within the definition of the Brown Act, then the basic answer to your question is yes, the meeting may be taped. Government Code section 54953.5(a) provides: (a) Any person attending an open and public meeting of a legislative body of a local agency shall have the right to […]

December 5, 2010
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Brown Act CPRA

Can I be charged for agenda-item documents?

The answer to your inquiry involves the Brown Act, which, as you probably know, is California's Open Meeting Law.The Act requires that the agenda be posted at least 72 hours before the legislative body's meeting, and should contain a "brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the […]

October 20, 2011
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CPRA

Does Brown Act apply to nonprofit and government agency overlap?

A nonprofit 501c3 foundation was set up to raise money for a public agency, incorporates the name of the agency into its name, uses the agency’s facilities and relies on the agency to act in the capacity of employer of its staff. Is it arguably a public agency, and as such subject to CPRA?

May 30, 2013
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Brown Act

Water Board repeatedly violates Brown Act

I recently attended a meeting of a publicly-elected Water Board. There were three Brown Act violations during the meeting. One of the violations was attempted and the attorney for the Board interrupted the Board and informed them that they were in violation of the Brown Act. Subsequently, this same Board held an opening of […]

December 31, 2010
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CPRA

Medi-Cal, Provider Rates, Confidentiality

[…] the first step is to determine if it is a local agency for the purposes of the Public Records Act. The term "local agency" is defined at Government Code section 6252 and includes such entities as cities, counties, school districts, and any other "local public agency." It also includes any entities that qualify as […]

June 14, 2009
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Bagley-Keene Act

Is a task force a “state body” under the Bagley-Keene Act?

[…] I received the following reply from the Caltrans public affairs: Since this is not a public meeting, the task force meeting will be made up of 10 members from each community that the project affects. The meeting is informal and does not fall under the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. Is this closed meeting indeed legal?

June 14, 2009