Lawyer used the wrong Brown Act exception to justify why the
public is not being made privy to Great Park environmental
reports.
Documents from a series of City Council study sessions that
hammered out budget issues were buries in little-publicized
information packets called late communications.
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Anaheim City Council just passed a new hotel room tax that means
millions for promoting tourism. But along with the money come open
government requirements that tourism execs seem clueless about.
Cities from San Francisco to Costa Mesa put strong emphasis on
audits and transparency in applying hotel tourism taxes. Anaheim,
not so much.
Voice of OC open government consultant isn’t surprised by the state attorney general’s decision to leave the case alone.
A response to Santa Ana City Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez’s handling of public comment at a recent Santa Ana City Council Meeting.
Again, Santa Ana Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez limits a speaker at a City Council meeting.
The decline of the small town newspaper and holes in the state’s open government law left the door open for the enormous salaries of public officials in the Los Angeles County city. What now?
Who will be on the panel that will draw Orange County’s future political boundaries continues to be a hot topic.
The chairwoman of supervisors said she’s already formed a committee to look at the redistricting process. But the only other supervisor on the committee is Bill Campbell. The others aren’t too keen on that.
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