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California: Kern County supervisor agenda item raises suspicions

donal brown May 7, 2012

The listing of job description of the county administrative officer appears nearly every week on the agenda for a closed session of the Kern County Board of Supervisors, a suspicious phenomenon, writes Lois Henry for The Bakersfield Californian. A citizen watchdog says that discussions of job performance, not job description, are exempt from open meetings. -db From a commentary for The Bakersfield Californian, May 5 2012, by Lois Henry. Full story  

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California: St. Helena planning group may have violated open meeting law with e-mails

donal brown May 3, 2012

In sending an e-mail to the director about layoffs in the St. Helena Planning Department, a commissioner sent a copy to fellow commissioners, an alleged violation of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. The law prevents a majority of a legislative body from communicating outside a public meeting. -db From the  St. Helena Star, May 3, 2012, by Jesse Duarte. Full story

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Los Angeles Coliseum Commission accused of making key decisions behind closed doors

donal brown April 18, 2012

U.S. Capital, a private company interested in leasing and operating the publicly-owned Los Angeles Coliseum, complains that the Coliseum Commission has only negotiated with the private University of Southern California and done so without transparency. The commission said it was not interested in U.S. Capital’s proposal but gave no reason for their position. -db From the Daily Trojan, April 17, 2012, by Joey Kaufman. Full story  

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New California laws bring light to decisions on public officials’ compensation

donal brown April 2, 2012

To forestall future executive compensation abuse such as that of the City of Bell, the California legislature passed two laws in effect January 1 of this year affecting local governments. The laws provide for a number of safeguards and procedural changes to allow the public greater access to and awareness of the actions of local governments involving contracts and employee compensation. -db From a commentary by Hanson Brodgett, attorneys, March 28, 2012. Full story  

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