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    Brown Act

    Intimidation of Journalists

    […] to task about questions asked of a third member by a reporter. They referred to emails from the third council member on their laptops and also with written and printed form. The story questioned alliances the city council members have with a large developer in our area. Was this a violation of the Brown Act?

    June 14, 2009

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    Community College Senates, the Brown Act, and Secret Ballots

    […] at large on the issue. The illegal secret ballot was then rendered null.  My question is whether the referendum vote by the faculty at large (also known as The Senate as a Whole) is governed by the Brown Act as well.  Must the referendum vote be open with signed ballots or a show of hands?

    June 14, 2009

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    Non-profits, public funds, and the Brown Act

    The Brown Act, which provides that "ll meetings of the legislative body of a local agency shall be open and public, and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the legislative body of a local agency, except as otherwise provided in this chapter," defines "legislative body" to include: board, commission, committee, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Co-op non-profits

    […] a general rule, open meeting laws (such as the most commonly-applied, the Brown Act, which governs the public's access to meetings of local agencies), only apply to government agencies.  The only private entity subject to the Brown Act is a "board, commission, committee or other multimember body that governs a private corporation or entity […]

    June 14, 2009

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    What kind of Governor would Jerry Brown be? Don’t try to check his gubernatorial record. It’s locked up until 2038.

    […] confidentiality to its ex-governors' records for a longer time. Presidential records, after all,  are far more likely to contain sensitive information concerning security, diplomatic relations or similar government interests. Yet California law maintains a blackout on its gubernatorial records for an additional thirty-eight years. Under California's 50-year rule, most people who vote in a […]

    November 18, 2009

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    Recent court decisions transform legal tools for protecting free speech into an instrument for the suppression of the public’s speech and access rights

    […] legal Frankenstein’s monster. In doing so, they have turned a law designed to protect the public’s exercise of free speech and petition rights into a tool for government suppression of those rights. The decisions in Holbrook v. City of Santa Monica and Californians Aware v. Orange Unified School District both arise from the efforts […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Conservatives’ faith in local government is misplaced: The closer government is to the people, the more government is controlled by special interests.

    […] PETER SCHEER -- In America today, conservatism's one clear fault line, cutting across cultural and socioeconomic schisms, aligns conservatives based on their views about the relationship between government and its citizens. On one side are born-again libertarians, like supporters of perpetual presidential candidate Ron Paul. Believing that governmental power and personal freedom are always […]

    May 3, 2012

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    Coalition Urges Compliance with California Public Records Law Amid COVID-19 Crisis

    In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some government agencies in California have announced that they intend to stop responding to California Public Records Act requests until the crisis passes. There is no legal basis for this extraordinary step. The California Public Records Act, Gov. Code § 6250, et seq., remains the law of the […]

    March 23, 2020

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    Regularly Scheduled Special Meetings

    […] officer of the legislative body of a local agency, or by a majority of the members of the legislative body."  Gov't Code § 54956.  However, certain requirements must be met.  First, written notice must be delivered personally or by mail to each member of the board and to each local newspaper of general circulation, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Availability of agendas

    What is the obligation of a body that is required to comply with the Brown Act with regards to informing the public of how to access their agendas and minutes? Direct requests to the body for agendas and minutes has been ignored.  Is there a procedures or process that public citizens should be aware of?

    June 14, 2009