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Brown Act CPRA

Special District Compliance

Which State Agency and/or which State Department oversees, enforce, and/or investigate Special District compliance with California Government Codes: Mitigation Fees (Sections 66000), Brown Act and Public Records Act?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Recording public’s comments in board minutes

To what extent must a public district board include in their monthly board of directors meeting minutes, which are available to the public, verbatim or synopsized comments made by the public at the prior month’s public board meeting? Can a district board elect not to include any or all such public comments from board […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Disclosure of applicant information under PRA

We're trying to request the applications of taxicab applicants to see if the regulatory body is discriminating. The public agency has redacted most of the applications for fear of a misdemeanor in releasing "convictions," (e.g. the agency maintains its own allegations of infractions and the applicants voluntarily submitted their place of doing business and their […]

March 22, 2016
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Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

My job has been threatened if I divulge details of closed-door meetings

[…] "null and void" if there was "substantial compliance with the Act." Gov’t Code § 11130.3(b). In any event, it sounds like you may be facing issues that go beyond government transparency and would require a specialist in employment law. You might want to consult with an employment lawyer about your employment concerns. Bryan Cave LLP is […]

March 10, 2017
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Brown Act First Amendment

Can the city manager demand political cartoons removed from senior center?

[…] When asked, the City Manager responded that this is not a violation of the Brown Act because this was material posted in a city owned building, and government code section 54954.3 (c) of the Brown Act does not apply. Is this the case? What are the senior’s rights on this issue? It seems to […]

November 18, 2011
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Brown Act

Does the Brown Act allow closed sessions to appoint legal firm?

As you are aware, California Government Code § 54957(b)(1) is a provision of the Brown Act that grants agencies the right to hold closed session meetings to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee. Yet, the California Constitution and a series of case law requires that the […]

January 31, 2012
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Brown Act

Who is allowed to sit in on closed sessions regarding hiring?

[…] CEO'S Office. While this may be legal it is very troublesome because of power the current CEO wields with the Board of Supervisors. She may want her anointed one. Is there Brown Act laws which would preclude the CEO from being present during these interviews? Or would we be reliant on the local counties ordinances.

December 31, 2010
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CPRA

Denied access to county’s seismic studies

[…] 6253(c). In addition to some of the specific exemptions that agencies invoke in justifying the withholding of records, some agencies cite the Act's "catch-all" exemption, contained in Government Code § 6255(a). This exemption states that in order to justify withholding a record, the agency must show that "on the facts of the particular case […]

September 29, 2011
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Brown Act

Board member shared confidential information after closed session

[…] am finishing out the school year. However, within a week of this decision, made and executed during a closed session, I learned from two different reliable sources that two Board members had shared this decision with at least three different staff members. What are my rights? What, if any, course of action can I take?

September 9, 2016
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CPRA Police Records

Is footage taken by an officer wearing a body-camera a public document?

How do I go about requesting from the Police Dept. footage taken with a hidden camera worn by one of their officers? Also if it actually wasn't a Dept. issued body camera but either a personal or Dept. Issued cell/smart phone set up as a camera worn on the officer's person, does that footage qualify under the Public […]

June 12, 2014