California’s peripheral canal: Government officials holding closed meetings on funding

Despite assurances by Governor Jerry Brown’s administration that all processes relating to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan would be transparent, it has surfaced that local water agencies are holding closed door meetings with state and federal officials to  create a finance plan for construction of the peripheral canal. Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director of Restore the [...]

Open government advocate sues Manhattan Beach for open government violation

A vice president of Californians Aware has filed a lawsuit against the Manhattan Beach City Council  for failing to property inform the public of its intent to make a settlement agreement with its former city manager that included a significant severance package. -db The Beach Reporter April 28, 2010 By Carley Dryden A longtime activist [...]

Eureka school board admits to violating open meeting law in setting superintendent’s salary in 2008

The Eureka Union School Board admitted  they failed to report changes in the superintendent’s salary in open public session before approving them in a closed meeting. They also failed to make the original contract available to the public 72 hours before the meeting. -db The Press Tribune February 10, 2010 By Megan Wood The Eureka Union [...]

UC Santa Barbara student newspaper staff asks for law requiring transparency in UC student government

Blocked from reporting on student government spending decisions and irresponsible acts at UC Santa Barbara, the student newspaper staff wrote a letter to California state officials and the legislature asking for a law to hold UC student governments to open government standards. -db Daily Nexus February 9, 2010 By Nexus Staff To Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, [...]