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California: Sonora area school board alleged to violate state open meeting law

donal brown March 19, 2012

The Columbia Elementary School District Board is subverting the public’s right to participate in board meetings by announcing the public will not longer be allowed to address the sex scandal involving the superintendent’s son, writes Craig Cassidy in a commentary in The Union Democrat. Hired as an after-school aide in 2010, the son had allegedly had sex with an underage girl after school in a classroom, and during the investigation of the charges, his father,

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California: School district action on superintendent done without public notice

donal brown March 19, 2012

The Blochman Union School District board put Superintendent Kristin Garrison-Lima on leave in February without voting or posting a meeting notice, a violation of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. After a closed meeting during which no action was taken, the board sent the superintendent a letter that notified her she was on paid leave, but there are no records of a meeting held to vote on sending the letter. -db From the

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San Diego newspaper calls for state atttorney general to investigate secret meetings of Southern California water agencies

donal brown March 13, 2012

The San Diego Union-Tribune is asking California Attorney General Kamala Harris to examine the meetings of local water agency officials who have an input into the decisions of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). The newspaper is concerned that the self-described “Anti-San Diego Coalition” is meeting illegally to discuss crucial issues including water rates, capital projects and the lawsuit brought by the San Diego County Water Authority’s lawsuit against the MWD for alleged

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California: Rio board gets schooled on open meeting law

donal brown March 6, 2012

After getting flagged for excessive violations of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law,  the Rio School District recommitted itself to doing a better job of complying with the law. The board members heard a presentation from a local attorney, and the interim superintendent said on receiving a complaint from the community, he would do what he could to correct the problem. -db From the Ventura County Star,  March 2, 2012, by Cheri Carlson.

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