Brown Act
This legislation begins with Government Code Section 54950
What is the Brown Act?
This is any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics
What is a public record as defined by the CPRA?
This document is what the First Amendment amends.
What is The United States Constitution?
No one shall be "deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law."
What is the due process clause?
If you violate conflict of interest law, People from this state agency might call you and say "I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you."
What is the Fair Political Practices Commission?
72 Hours Notice
What is the notice requirement for regular meetings of legislative bodies?
No later than 10 calendar days
What is the deadline to respond to a public records request?
These are the five freedoms that the First Amendment protects.
What are speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government?
These are the 2 main elements of the right of receiving due process.
What are an opportunity to be heard and receiving an unbiased decision-maker?
This has to be completed every 2 years by all elected officials, certain appointed public officials, and some public employees
What is AB 1234 Training?
Recent state legislation, AB 992, made emoji reactions on social media posts about official public agency business illegal as between these people.
What are two elected officials?
Additional 14 days with grounds for extension or consent of the requestor.
What is the allowable extension in response time?
A U.S. Supreme Court decision held that a President cannot block people from this social media platform.
What is Twitter?
Individuals who have received a conditional use permit generally cannot have it revoked without the public agency first doing this.
What is holding a public hearing?
The mechanism for reporting financial interests.
What is FPPC Form 700?
"daisy-chain" or a "hub-and-spoke" are two types of this
What is a Serial Meeting?
Disclose the record, withhold the record; or disclose the record in redacted form
How may a local agency respond?
When a public official invites her social media followers to comment on official public agency business.
What is a public forum on social media?
A member of this court has been impeached and removed for egregious due process violations.
What is the United States Supreme Court?
Violations of this code can send you to prison.
What is Government Code section 1090?
Examples of categories include Existing Litigation, Real Estate Negotiations, Public Employment Negotiations, Labor Negotiations
What are allowable closed session discussion items?
Examples include; architectural and official building plans, attorney client communications and attorney work product, code enforcement records, election information...
What are specific exemptions to CPRA request?
The First Amendment protects the right of members of the public to attend public meetings and do this thing.
What is give public comment?
The reason that when a public official posts on his Twitter two days before the public meeting that he will be voting against a project, it can open up the public agency to liability for violating due process.
What is making a decision before the public hearing?
This doctrine prevents you, as an employee, from simultaneously holding elected office for your public agency.
What is incompatible activities?