City leaders made a commitment to transparency after receiving a complaint from a law firm representing residents but denied allegations of any Brown Act violations.
Tag: Ralph M. Brown Act Violation
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San Clemente Grapples With State Transparency Laws
San Clemente City Council members addressed an alleged violation of the state’s open meeting law — seeing one council member recuse himself from a real estate negotiation after apparently divulging closed-door information.
Posted inEducation
Did the Placentia-Yorba Linda School Board Violate Transparency Law?
OC District Attorney investigators allege unscheduled discussions and a board member driving while calling into a meeting violated California’s open meeting law, the Brown Act.
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Cypress Officials Face Lawsuit For Allegedly Violating State’s Open Meeting Law
After secretly rejecting letters threatening to sue Cypress, city officials face a lawsuit from Californians Aware alleging they broke California’s law on open government meetings.
Posted inGovernment
OC District Attorney Says Laguna Beach City Council Violated Brown Act
The district’s attorney is calling on the city to implement safeguards to their closed session meetings or face further action.
Posted inGovernment
Laguna Beach City Council Censures Another Colleague
Councilman George Weiss said he gave details on a hotel renovation to a resident who’s appealing parts of the project, but Weiss said the item was improperly discussed in secret.
Posted inNewport Beach
Newport Beach Struggles With Transparency Law
Will the Newport Beach City Council meet in closed session Tuesday to discuss the process for hiring a new city manager?
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Garden Grove Releases Report on Fire Chief’s Alleged ‘No-Show’ Job
The city of Garden Grove has released an independent report that found no evidence that ex-fire chief David Barlag had expectations of a “no-show” job following his resignation in the wake of the city’s nepotism scandal.
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Garden Grove Council at Impasse Over Response to DA’s Report
A split Garden Grove City Council Tuesday night failed to take action on a proposal to reform how they conduct closed-door meetings and launch an audit of the controversial employment contract the city gave to former Fire Chief David Barlag.
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DA Won’t File Charges Against Garden Grove Officials in Brown Act Case
A report released Wednesday by the Orange County District Attorney’s Office concludes that officials violated the state’s open meetings law, but the violations did not go so far as to warrant criminal charges.
