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Capistrano schools held in violation of California’s open meeting laws

donal brown March 23, 2010

A superior court judge ruled that the Capistrano Unified School District violated the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, in not properly preparing the agenda on a closed door meeting on a personnel matter. In recent years the board had been reprimanded five times for violating the Brown Act, and a board with all new members had pledged to do better. -db Orange County Register March 22, 2010 By Scott Martindale SANTA ANA –

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Atherton: Open government advocate persists in suit after rebuff by district attorney

donal brown March 18, 2010

An open government advocate is suing the Sequoia Union High School District to force them to decide on a personnel policy item in open meeting. The local district attorney sided with the school district in holding that  the vote behind closed doors was legal. -db The Almanac March 17, 2010 By Dave Boyce The district attorney will not go to battle for Peter Carpenter, the open-government crusader and Atherton resident, who is trying to force

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Los Angeles area: District Attorney crucial in keeping local government open and honest

donal brown March 15, 2010

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s office has their hands full enforcing the California Public Records Act and Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, and to make sure that public officials are acting with honesty and integrity. -db Pasadena Star-News Editorial March 14, 2010 For the most part, government acting in the open is based on the honor system. Remedies for violations of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, are few and far between.

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Editorial calls for Placer County District Attorney to enforce state’s open government law

donal brown March 8, 2010

The Auburn Journal argued for tighter enforcement of the Brown Act, California’s open government law, in light of a $l600 dinner meeting in 2008  in Washington D.C. during which three county supervisors lobbied the local congressman. -db Auburn Journal Editorial March 7, 2010 During these tough economic times, government at every level faces media scrutiny. The public has a right to know how elected officials are spending taxpayer dollars. That’s why it’s especially troubling that

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Health board accused of violating California open meeting law in holding closed ‘informational’ sessions

donal brown March 8, 2010

The Del Puerto Health Care board claims that conscientious elected officials are discouraged from serving after they were accused of holding two closed meetings without public notice. -db Patterson Irrigator March 4, 2010 By Kendall Wright In spite of attending training sessions since 2006 about ethics and open-meeting laws, a majority of Del Puerto Health Care board members who were caught on surveillance footage conducting two unannounced meetings in the summer of 2008 still argue that

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