A&A: Can ID Be Required to Make Public Comment?
June 9, 2010 by Deborah Fruin
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Q: At City Council and Planning Commission meetings they have a sign next to the public-comment podium that says “Please state your name.”I think it might even ask for address. I believe it is in violation of the Brown Act to require people to say their names. It is important in [...]
A&A: Councilman asks intern on date via city issued cell
November 20, 2009 by Deborah Fruin
Filed under Asked & Answered
Q: I have learned that a city councilman was sending text messages to a city intern, asking her for a date. I would like to file a CPR request for the text messages sent from his city issued Blackberry. I’m sure they (the councilman and the city attorney) would try to argue that such a [...]
City Clerk requires Ad Hoc reports to be in announcements
October 6, 2009 by Deborah Fruin
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Q:Why would our city clerk require city Commissions to move all ad hoc reports and standing committees from agenda items to the announcements portion of the meeting? They are not listed on the agenda unless the ad hoc specifies the exact language of the action/recommendation for our city council. Then it gets more complicated because [...]
