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A&A: Commissioner advised speaking to press could give rise to Brown Act violation

FAC December 5, 2011

Q: I am a city commissioner, and I was recently advised against voicing my opinion to the press on any subject that is or in the future may be under my commission’s jurisdiction.  The concern is that  later other commissioners may choose to speak to the press on the same subject and give rise to a Brown Act violation. I am very concerned that this interpretation of the Brown Act violates my First Amendment right

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A&A: A Group of City Council Staffers Can Constitute a Serial Meeting, too

FAC July 12, 2010

Q: Our organization arranged a private meeting of some community stakeholders on a issue that will be coming before a city council committee, and we invited members of the staff of the three councilmen who make up that committee. However, we were told that only one staff member could attend, because any more would make it a violation of the Brown Act. Is it correct that meetings of elected officials’ staff members subject to the

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A&A: Engaged couple running for school board a conflict of interest?

FAC July 7, 2010

Q: I am a journalist preparing a story about two potential members of the local School Board. One is the recent city manager of the city who quit the post and the other is a current councilwoman who is not running for re-election this Nov. Both, though are running for the school board, and the two are engaged. This fact is the reason why the former city manager quit because of a conflict of interest

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A&A:Board Conducting Public’s Business Via Private Emails

FAC June 23, 2010

Q: It became apparent yesterday morning that the Board of Directors of our Community Services District is conducting a significant portion of its business via email.  The emails would have originated from at least six personal private computers. Such email has not been made part of the public record. Under CPRA I have requested copies of all emails between Board members for the past two years. I do not expect to receive them, for a

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Emails and the Public Record and Brown Act

firstamendment June 14, 2009

Emails and the Public Record and Brown Act Q: A member of a public board has been carrying on an email conversation with me about matters before the board, copying all the other members of the board on his messages to me.  Is this email thread (1) a public record, and (2) a violation of the Brown Act? A: Public Records Act A public record is defined by Section 6252(e) of the California Government Code

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