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    Brown Act

    School board closed session “under the guise of labor negotiations.”

    Our Unified School District is always walking a very fine line when it comes to the Brown Act. At the last Board of Trustees meeting, the superintendent stated, and three trustees confirmed, that the district has come up with a plan to tackle the multimillion-dollar shortfall it's expecting for the next school year. The superintendent […]

    February 20, 2015

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    Brown Act or Bylaws Violation?

    If a standing committee's bylaws stipulate that two meetings will occur in a certain period of time, and there is no quorum present for one of the two meetings, is the committee obligated to schedule another meeting to remain Brown Act compliant?

    January 3, 2011

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    Can new board members ask for past closed session update?

    […] disclose the information to the new member would be appropriate. Holme Roberts & Owen 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.

    February 20, 2011

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    Forcing public official to attend Brown Act training

    […] general interest ... to public agencies of the type represented" by the board.  Gov't Code sec. 54952.2(c)(2).  So, if there was a training session for members of bodies like the district board, then some or all of your board members could attend. Second, given the broad definition of what constitutes a meeting covered by […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Agenda Item Descriptions

    Is it a Brown Act violation for a School Board agenda to include an item on its agenda called "Board Discussion"?  I read 54954.2(b) An agenda must ...shall state the meeting time and place and must contain "a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Can the governing board of a public agency delete recordings of public meetings?

    […] these recordings, even when removed from the agency’s website, should be accessible via a CPRA request. Do removed records have to be saved somewhere for a set period of time? Do they need to be released before they are deleted? If they exist in any form within the institution, must the agency provide these records?

    April 1, 2025

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    CFAC protests new legislation curbing access to government mapping data

    […] CA 95814 RE: Oppose AB 1978 Dear Assemblyman Solorio: On behalf of the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC), an organization dedicated to freedom of information and open government, I write to oppose your AB 1978 as a misguided attempt to convert public information---paid for by California taxpayers and belonging to all California citizens---into a […]

    June 2, 2009