Public Meetings
This law requires that all meetings shall be open and public unless authorized otherwise.
What is the Brown Act?
This provision of an agreement serves to protect the public agency from liability when sued by third parties.
What is indemnification?
Public comment that criticizes the city, city law or policy, the city council, a city councilmember, or a city employee is treated as this kind of speech.
What is protected speech?
This form is required from "filers" when assuming office, annually thereafter, and upon leaving office.
What is Form 700?
The legislative framework establishing public entity liability.
What is the Government Claims Act?
Under recent legislation this person may have an individual removed for disrupting a meeting of the body after being warned that their behavior is disruptive.
Who is the Presiding member of the legislative body?
This process is intended to protect the public, guard against favoritism, fraud and corruption, waste and to ensure that cities are receiving a high level of services for the lowest price.
What is competitive bidding process?
The Supreme Court has described the internet and social networking sites akin to this.
What is "the modern public square"?
These type of gifts are not subject to the gift limit, but are reportable and valued at one half of their total value.
What are wedding gifts?
The first step a plaintiff must pursue before filing a lawsuit against a public entity for monetary damages.
What is filing a Government Code claim?
In response to the pandemic, the legislature passed this bill which streamlined the requirements for teleconference/virtual meetings under the Brown Act during times of local emergency.
What is AB 361?
Competitive bidding is required for public projects over $5,000 for general law cities.
What is procurement method?
Places such as parks, public streets and sidewalks.
What is a "traditional public forum"?
This bill imposed recusal requirements for public officials who have received campaign contributions of $250 or more when the donor has applied for a license, permit, entitlement, or contract.
What is SB 1439?
A claimant must file a claim with a public agency within this amount of time for claims relating to death, injury to person, personal property, or growing crops.
What is six months?
These are the types of remedies for violations of the Brown Act.
What are civil and criminal misdemeanor penalties?
Under a local purchasing ordinance, cities may - without prior competitive bidding - contract with suppliers who have been awarded contracts by the state or other local agencies for the purchase of goods, IT, and services.
What is "piggybacking"?
Traditional public forum restrictions are subject to this review standard.
What is strict scrutiny?
This Government Code section prohibits an officer, employee or agency from participating in making government contracts in which the official or employee within the agency has a financial interest
What is Government Code section 1090?
Public entities are immune from these types of damages that are otherwise known to punish the defendant or make an example of them.
What are punitive damages?
This recently adopted bill allows for relaxed teleconferencing rules when a member of the legislative body needs to attend remotely for an emergency or other reason supported by "just cause"
What is AB 2449?
This provision of an agreement places a cap on the total amount of liability between the parties of the agreement.
What is limitation of liability?
For the first time, this federal circuit court of appeals recently held that public officials who block third parties from their social media pages could violate free speech rights.
What is the Ninth Circuit?
These types of third party positions are sometimes considered employees when it comes to conflict of interest provisions.
What are consultants?
A doctrine that states public entities are not liable for dangers created by properly and reasonably approved designs for public property.
What is design immunity?