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    Brown Act

    When should “anticipated litigation” be agendized?

    […] made public two years later in April 2012. During that time, the only notice on the City Council Agenda was "Significant Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9B) (1 Anticipated Case)" which reoccurred from time to time. Since the IRS already knew about their threat of litigation and since public knowledge of […]

    February 3, 2014

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    CPRA

    Councilman asks intern on date via city issued cell

    […] not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record. Gov't Code section 6255(a). However, the use of this section by the government requires a "case-by-case balancing process, with the burden of proof on the proponent of nondisclosure to demonstrate a clear overbalance on the side of confidentiality." Michaelis, […]

    November 21, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Supervisors multi-tasking during public comment

    […] the public testimony. This is particularly discouraging because this is a massive project with terrible impacts to our community. Does failure to pay attention to the testimony being giver or discussing the matter privately between themselves constitute a Brown Act violation? If so, is the deadline for sending a cure and correct letter 30 days?

    December 21, 2011

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    First Amendment

    Controversial art in public spaces

    […] of the art pieces constitutes a violation of the artist's First Amendment rights, we can give you a general framework for analyzing regulation of speech activity on government property. The United States Supreme Court in Perry Education Assn. v. Perry Local Educators' Assn., 460 U.S. 37 (1983), announced a three-part framework for determining how […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    City avoiding disclosure of personal email

    […] public officials using private email accounts and mobile phones to conduct the public's business seems to be becoming a pervasive problem. It would seem that if a government official uses a personal email account to send messages relating to the conduct of the public's business, a strong argument could be made that those messages […]

    January 13, 2012

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    CPRA

    Documents once public now denied

    […] medical technicians association 3. In paper copies as provided by that group. Since July 26 2010 we have submitted the same records request have been denied under Government Code section 6254(c: "The information that you seek constitutes examination data used to administer a licensing examination. As such, this information is exempt from disclosure under […]

    January 12, 2011

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    CPRA

    Obtaining the names of notaries public

    […] to County Clerk offices in the first place by a representative at the National Notary Association. Somehow, I feel I am being misled or altogether shunted by government employees who either don't want to or don't know how to help me. Isn't the information I am seeking public information, under the CA Public Records […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Collective concurrences, serial meeting, and the Brown Act

    Much of the material I've found prohibits use of email when its intent is "to develop a collective concurrence as to action to be taken by the board". What about using email to other directors to distribute information, to express an opinion, to alert them to an urgent matter, etc.? In other words, communication […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed Sessions of City Council Meetings

    The Brown Act -- the California law that requires meetings of the legislative bodies of government agencies to hold their meetings in public -- provides that before holding a closed session, the body must identify, in an open and public meeting, the items to be discussed in closed session.  If the information required to […]

    June 14, 2009