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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Unposted Supporting Documents and Public Comment on those Documents

    […] that morning.  There was no way any of us had time to review the 50 page document before the meeting.  Even though I complained about a possible Brown Act violation, the supervisors in the end still voted to approve the item over our objections. Should we have been able to review the "findings" prior […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Charter schools and the Brown Act

     I'm writing a piece about charter school transparency requirements and want to make sure I understand the requirements for them to be subject to the Brown Act. Looking at A&A about charters it looks like a publicly-funded charter school is not subject to the Brown Act if there is no one on the governing board of […]

    June 1, 2016

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    Is it a casual dinner or Brown Act violation?

    If 3 out of 5 school board members meet at a restaurant with a teacher or administrator for a few minutes until they noticed that I was also at the restaurant with my wife, have they violated Brown's Act?

    November 17, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Commissioner advised speaking to press could give rise to Brown Act violation

    […] under my commission’s jurisdiction.  The concern is that  later other commissioners may choose to speak to the press on the same subject and give rise to a Brown Act violation. I am very concerned that this interpretation of the Brown Act violates my First Amendment right of freedom of speech, and also censors the […]

    December 5, 2011

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    Did email exchange between committee members violate Brown Act?

    […] leaving while on our vacations. We used work emails as well as personal emails for these conversations about him leaving to New York. Did we violate the Brown Act by emailing one another about his resigning? The emails were basically asking him to not resign, that he could stay with one of us during […]

    March 16, 2015

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Are city council subcommittees Brown Act-exempt?

    I am trying to get some skeleton data on a new crop of Brown Act-exempt City Council subcommittees. I requested the subcommittees' mission statements, which I assumed were set out prior to commencement. Some have had four meetings thus far, and one as many as seven meetings. I have not received a response regarding the […]

    September 21, 2012

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    When does a non-profit fall under the Brown Act?

    If a city establishes an Association and it is registered as a nonprofit under 501(c)(6) does that Association fall under the Brown Act? If the Association does receive monies from the City under an Assessment is the Association under the Brown Act? If the Association establishes a new organization and is registered as a […]

    July 31, 2013

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Taping of public charter school meetings curtailed by corporate owners

    […] or "designated public forums," which are areas that traditionally have not been made open to the public, but have become public forums for at least some purposes because the government body that regulates a particular area has made it available for use by the public. The same high standard that applies to public forums also applies […]

    October 13, 2014

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Public right to to speak denied at school board meetings

    […] "limited public forums," or areas that traditionally have not been made open to the public, but have become public forums for at least some purposes because the government body that regulates a particular area has made it available for use by the public. The same high standard that applies to public forums -- the […]

    November 2, 2010