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Health board claims secret meeting violated no laws

donal brown February 25, 2010

The Del Puerto Health Care District board met once secretly in 2008 but claims the meeting violated no California open govenment laws. -db Patterson Irrigator February 25, 2010 By Kendall Wright A majority of the Del Puerto Health Care District met once secretly in 2008, but the head of the district claims the meeting violated no laws, an assertion a First Amendment lawyer vehemently disagrees with. Two unannounced meetings were conducted in 2008, one on

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San Diego county school board cancels meeting to comply with open meeting law

donal brown February 25, 2010

The Grossmont Union High School District cancelled a special meeting to consider a threatened lawsuit after the media were not given adequate notice of the meeting. -db East County Magazine February 23, 2010 CAJON, Calif. – In response to a request by East County Magazine, the Grossmont Union High School District has announced cancellation of tonight’s special meeting. As noted in our story earlier today http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/2818 , ECM notified the district that the meeting was

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San Diego planning task force accused of violating California’s open government law

donal brown February 23, 2010

Community members involved in planning for San Diego have expressed concerns about an advisory committee with a large representation of builders and developers. They claim the committee’s meetings were not adequately publicized. -db San Diego Uptown News February 20, 2010 By David Harvey At the San Diego City Council’s Land Use and Housing (LU&H) committee meeting on Feb. 3, representatives from the city’s community planning groups asked the committee to postpone action on a Development

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Local education activist sues Alameda unified schools

donal brown February 21, 2010

The founder of Alameda Concerned Parents is suing the Alameda Unified School District for violations of the state’s open government law, the Brown Act. -db San Francisco Chronicle Opinion February 18, 2010 By Susan Davis This just in — Kerry Cook, founder of Alameda Concerned Parents, which protested Lesson 9 last spring and fall — is now suing the Alameda Unified School District, as well as its Board of Education, for Brown Act violations alleged

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Open meetings a work in progress in Victorville

donal brown February 21, 2010

An open government activist says there are still gross violations of the state’s open government law, the Brown Act, after the City Council had taken steps to conduct business in a more open manner. -db Victorville Daily Press February 15, 2010 By Brooke Edwards VICTORVILLE, Calif. – After continued rumblings from citizens and the Daily Press about Victorville improperly using closed session meetings, it only took one letter from a successful open-government activist to spark changes

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