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Do I Have a Right to Remain Anonymous During Public Meetings Held on Zoom During the Pandemic?

I've attended some meetings of a local government in California recently and they've started using Zoom to conduct the meetings because of the local COVID-19 public health orders. I've set up my Zoom sign-on to identify me as "John Q. Public," which as you can probably guess isn't my real name. But they do […]

August 7, 2020
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Brown Act

Has the public comment requirement changed due to Gov. Newsom’s executive order amid the COVID-19 pandemic?

[…] here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

July 21, 2020
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Brown Act

Is holding a public meeting inside a gated community a violation of California’s Brown Act?

[…] inside a gated community. The POA claims they will allow public access. However, the public would have to drive into the community and be stopped and questioned by a private POA security guard at the gates. Vehicle registration and a valid driver's license are usually required. Is this a possible violation of the Brown Act?

April 28, 2021
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Brown Act

Is there a Posting Date Requirement for Minutes of Public Agency Meetings?

[…] here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

January 20, 2021
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Obfuscating Mercy: How the California Supreme Court Finally Addressed Secretive Pardons

[…] court will no longer categorically treat clemency files as confidential. Admin. Order 2021-05-26. Instead, when a member of the public submits a motion to unseal, the governor must resubmit the file in conformity with the court’s access rules. The new rule provides clarity, and removes one of the primary authorities the governor relied on […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 17, 2021
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Government officials should listen to voters instead of lawyers selling strategies for blocking access to information

Regardless of what they say to the contrary, government agencies are in the business of withholding information from the public (or, what amounts to the same thing, disclosing only that information that the agencies want the public to have). This tight-fistedness about information is written into government's DNA. But some efforts to withhold information […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 24, 2014
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Brown Act CPRA

Request denied for fire district celebration guest list

To withhold the report as a"draft," the city must meet a 3-part test set out by the California Court of Appeals: (1) it must show the report is"predecisional" -- i.e., it was prepared to aid the city in making some other decision; (2) it must show the report is not something that the city […]

August 16, 2013
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Brown Act First Amendment

Swearing in public commenters at open meetings

[…] council on any subject." They go onto to state that anyone making false statements may be held to answer to criminal penalties. They have invoked this "swearing in" requirement on members of the public who have criticized their actions. I am unaware of any authority possessed by the council which would allow such a requirement.

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

No Video Record of Show-of-Hands Votes

[…] in general, bodies subject to the Brown Act are required to make public the vote on all measures. No secret ballots, whether preliminary or final, are permitted. Government Code section 54953(c). However, votes not to take action on subjects properly addressed in closed session may not be required to be made public. Unfortunately, the […]

February 23, 2018
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Brown Act

How much detail does the Brown Act require for agenda items?

The board of supervisors recently passed a resolution requiring public water and sewer for homes built on properties smaller than 40 acres. The resolution number was not listed on the agenda. Is this a violation of the Brown Act?

June 8, 2012