We're Hiring a Press Education Manager!

Search Results

Clear Results
Category
Topic
Select Year

Showing 361 - 370 of 1784 results

    Showing results for government bodies must comply brown act 54951 act90 54951 act 54951 act90 54951 54951 54951

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Closed Sessions and Permissible Topics

    Section 54956.9 of the California Government Code provides that the legislative body of a local agency, "based on advice of its legal counsel," may hold "a closed session to confer with, or receive advice from, its legal counsel regarding pending litigation when discussion in open session concerning those matters would prejudice the position of […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Brown Act rules for scheduling a meeting

    […] discussions are not a "meeting" for the purposes of the Brown Act. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition 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.

    October 18, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Board member sent out email supporting project coming up for a board vote

    The School Board is trying to accuse one trustee of a Brown Act violation because he sent out an email in support of a project they were going to be voting on in the near future. The email went to all trustees as well. None of them responded and no discussion was made back […]

    October 24, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Accessing university’s decision making on promotions and tenure

    UCLA is subject to California's open records law, the Public Records Act, Government Code § 6250 et seq. Under the Act, records that are "prepared, owned, used, or retained" by a public agency are presumptively subject to disclosure, unless some exemption applies.  Gov't Code § 6252(e).  This would include, presumptively, records related to a […]

    June 9, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    City Council editing public meeting videos

    […] the meeting of a legislative body subject to the California’s open meeting law, the Brown Act, then you have a right to inspect the video recording under Government Code section 54953.5(b), which provides: "Any audio or video recording of an open and public meeting made for whatever purpose by or at the direction of […]

    July 30, 2015

  • Latest News

    Blog

    SCOTUS is about to bring down hammer on public sector unions. That will be good for democracy, not so good for freedom of speech.

    […] overtly political activities, like lobbying and campaign contributions. The public employees in the Friedrich case---teachers in Los Angeles public schools---argue that  collective bargaining between unions and the government is no less political than campaign contributions or lobbying. When public sector unions bargain with a state or local government agency over pensions, health insurance, average […]

    January 20, 2016

  • Latest News

    Blog

    NSA surveillance case reflects a growing distrust in the federal judiciary

    […] a suit against the CIA by a victim (by all accounts, innocent) of the agency's "extraordinary rendition" program. The state secrets privilege is the mother of all government privileges because it typically requires, not merely the exclusion of certain evidence, but the outright dismissal of the lawsuit—even if the plaintiff's claims have merit. It's […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Latest News

    Blog

    If China unplugs Google, it will be the first time China’s people will know what they are not being allowed to see. This should give the censors pause.

    BY PETER SCHEER--Google's high-stakes confrontation with China's government has entered a new, and uncertain, phase. Making good on its threat to cease censorship of search results on its China-based site, Google.cn, Google has begun redirecting users in China to its uncensored Chinese-language site based in Hong Kong, google.com.hk. China's censors now face a difficult […]

    March 24, 2010

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC Urges Reversal of Ruling Allowing Secret Government Meetings for Speculative ‘Public Safety’ Concerns

    The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed an amicus brief in a California Court of Appeal case that could have far-reaching consequences for the transparency of government meetings. In the brief, FAC urges the court to find that Metrolink, Southern California’s largest commuter rail system, violated the state’s open-meetings laws when it barred the […]

    May 14, 2018