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    Brown Act

    Documents from Closed Session Real Property Negotiations

    The Brown Act authorizes legislative bodies to hold closed sessions with its negotiator prior to the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease of real property by or for the local agency in order to grant authority to its negotiator regarding the price and terms of payment.  Gov't Code § 54956.8.  The topics that can be […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Agenda items failed to mention a parcel tax as part of ballot measure

    I would like an opinion on whether circumstances surrounding the County Board of Supervisors’ placement of Measure A1 on the Nov ballot in Alameda County violated the Brown Act. a. The measure was first discussed at a special retreat on May 8. The Agenda (see url below) includes no mention of the Oakland Zoo […]

    October 23, 2013

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    CPRA

    Is the list of employees taking voluntary buyouts a public document?

    […] are leased to private companies, which operate the hospitals and employ doctors, nurses and other staff. Even these privately run hospitals may be subject to the PRA. Government Code section 6252(a) specifically provides that the Act applies to "entities that are legislative bodies of a local agency pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of […]

    August 27, 2010

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    CPRA School Records

    Cities’ rights and the CPRA

    […] This, to me, is not a life threatening problem. Are they allowed to with hold this information? Second, I read the code as saying that every entity must have a posting of the law someplace AND a "person" responsible for handling request.  Am I correct in this or do state agencies have different rules […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    The Mayor Interrupted Me During Public Comment Period of a City Council Meeting. What Can I Do?

    […] times during my three minutes of public comment and I repeatedly said that I was within my three minutes. I urged the city attorney determine whether the mayor was violating the California Brown Act and the 1st Amendment. I was ignored and felt like my 1st amendment freedom of speech had been violated. Please advise.

    March 3, 2021

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC names free speech award winners–and one loser

    The First Amendment Coalition, a California-based non-profit public interest group, has named the 2009 recipients of its awards for service in the cause of free speech, open government and the public's right to know. In contrast, the Coalition also has presented its "Darkness Award," given in recognition of conduct that thwarts freedom of speech. […]

    October 22, 2009

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    Blog

    Everyone Hates Julian Assange—Except For That Time They Used to Love Him

    […] speech and a free press. Do you claim to support a free press? Assange has a document release that will test that belief. Do you believe in government transparency? Wikileaks has very likely caused you to impose some limits on that belief—limits that may well be tied to your partisan orientation. Espionage Act Prosecution […]

    December 15, 2018

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    Ballot measure to subdivide CA assumes smaller government is closer to voters. But it’s also closer to special interests.

    […] the political arena is a ballot initiative to subdivide California into six states of roughly equal size. This proposal faces serious hurdles, not least that the federal government would say no, even if California voters, against all odds, endorsed Draper's mini-Californias idea. By raising the state's US senator count from two to twelve, Draper's […]

    February 26, 2014

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    Brown Act

    Times of public meetings

    Is there a time constraint on the scheduling of public meetings?  My issue: can a City Council start a Study Session on a hot topic at 10 PM on a weeknight, effectively limiting the participation of people who must work the next day?

    June 14, 2009