For the third year in a row, California lawmakers are trying to undermine the open-meeting law that for more than seven decades has mandated transparency for local government panels like city councils ...
A Healdsburg resident is suing the City Council, city attorney and city manager, alleging violations of California’s open meetings law, improper use of taxpayer funds and a failure to produce ...
Healdsburg has settled a pair of lawsuits brought by resident Jon Eisenberg, a retired attorney who alleged the City Council and city staff violated California government transparency and ...
Beginning January 1, 2026, local public agencies across California must comply with several updates to the Ralph M. Brown Act’s (“Brown Act”) open meeting and teleconferencing rules under Senate Bill ...
WATSONVILLE — Three months after the Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees nullified its votes on previous items after being accused of violating the Brown Act, the board held a ...
A city email made public this week suggests that former Interim City Manager Steve Colangelo may have breached the confidentiality of a closed-door meeting of the Stockton City Council. The Record ...
Updates to California’s Brown Act will require remote participation at public meetings starting July 1, and while Kern County has purchased the software to make it happen, how exactly it’s going to ...