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Southern California: Hospital settles open meeting lawsuit in cash settlement

donal brown March 2, 2010

The Tri-City Medical Center settled a lawsuit brought by former hospital executives who alleged that the hospital violated the Brown Act, California’s open meeting law. In agreeing to pay $300,000, the hospital did not admit violating the act. -db North County Times February 25, 2010 By Paul Sisson Tri-City Medical Center has settled a lawsuit brought by a group of former hospital executives who alleged Tri-City violated the state’s open meeting law, called the Brown

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Capistrano schools: Trustees push state open meeting law aside

donal brown March 2, 2010

The Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees met without notice on a Sunday for a closed meeting on employee negotiations. It’s legal in most cases but  does not promote public confidence. -db Capistrano Insider Commentary February 25, 2010 By Jonathan Volzke Yes, the Capistrano Unified School District trustees met Sunday. But apparently it wasn’t illegal. Trustees indeed met Sunday for a closed session without any public notice. That seems unusual, but there’s actually a

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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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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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TV cable broadcasts of city council meeting in Norwalk censored

donal brown February 21, 2010

During broadcasts of its meetings on a government access cable channel, the Norwalk City Council blacks out public comments. Legal experts says the practice is legal but express dismay that the council feels it’s necessary to censor the public. -db The Los Angeles Times February 20, 2010 By Jeff Gottlieb Like most towns, Norwalk broadcasts its City Council meetings on its government access cable channel. But unlike most cities, Norwalk blacks out the portion of

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