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    Brown Act CPRA

    Councilmembers texting during meeting a Brown Act violation?

    […] therefore conclude that this proceeding is not clearly frivolous." Id. at 1302. 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. Judge plugs

    May 23, 2013

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    Objecting to agenda item during meetings

    Our Board of Supervisors is playing fast and loose with the Brown act, specifically adding items to the agenda that don't even come close to meeting the requirements of the Brown Act.  Question: Can I object to an item being heard ? If yes, how do I object? If no, what do I do?

    June 14, 2009

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    Little League, Pop Warner, and open meeting laws

    As a general rule, open meeting laws, like the Brown Act, only apply to government agencies.  If Pop Warner and Little League are run by private entities, not governmental agencies, then the general rule would be that the open meetings laws would not apply. The only private entity subject to the Brown Act is […]

    June 14, 2009

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    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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    Reporter’s Field Guide: Police Shootings

    […] to when, and offer reporting tips to help gather as much information as possible. Because serious use of force by police is arguably the gravest exercise of governmental power, journalists serve a vital public interest when they use the transparency laws at their disposal to ensure there is a robust public record of every […]

    September 8, 2025

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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