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Brown Act: Editorial opposes change to open meeting law

donal brown June 14, 2010

To save government agencies money, the Senate Budget Committee wants to suspend the requirement that agendas be posted 72 hours in advance. -db Merced Sun-Star Editorial June. 11, 2010 The same money problems that saw 2009 become the newspaper industry’s worst financial year in history now threaten a key part of the public’s right to know. The state Senate’s Budget Conference Committee wants to water down the power of the Brown Act. That’s the law

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Central Valley: Firing of Patterson city manager may have happened without proper public notice

donal brown April 29, 2010

The Patterson City Council posted a closed session as “City Manager Evaluation” but ended up firing him, raising the question of whether the session was conducted in compliance with California’s public meeting law. -db Patterson Irrigator Apr 28, 2010 By Amanda Matthews The Patterson City Council might have violated the Ralph M. Brown Act, a public meeting law, when it adjourned to closed session last week and emerged with a decision to terminate City Manager

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Marin news staff wins Freedom of Information award in CNPA contest

donal brown April 22, 2010

A team of journalists on the staff of Marin’s Independent Journal won first place for Freedom of Information reporting in the 2009 California Newsaper Publisher Association contest. The staff members won for their work in getting the county to release payroll details that shed light on budget problems. -db Marin Independent Journal April 20, 2010 By Brad Breithaupt WINNING FIRST PLACE for our “Freedom of Information” reporting was a great honor for the IJ. In

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Tulare County: Newspaper and association join in lawsuit to stop county supervisors’ lunch meetings

donal brown April 13, 2010

To ensure that the Tulare County Board of Supervisors complies with California’s open meeting law, the local newspaper and the California Newspaper Pulbishers Association are joining a lawsuit to block the board from holding regular closed lunch meetings paid by the taxpayers and often attended by a board quorum. -db Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register April 12, 2010 By Valerie Gibbons The Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register and the California Newspaper Publishers Association have joined open-meetings watchdog Richard McKee

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California: Child welfare agencies stonewalling on children who died on their watch

donal brown March 1, 2010

The California Newspaper Publishers Association may sponsor revisions to current law requiring disclosure of children’s deaths to address the growing trend among state and county child welfare agencies to withhold information. -db California Newspaper Publishers Association February 22, 2010 There is a growing trend among the state and at least one county child welfare agency to withhold information about kids who die on their watch, despite a new law requiring this information to be provided

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