Central valley: Hughson seats new city council members after finding of Brown Act violations

The small town of Hughson swore in three new city council members with feelings of elation and renewal after recalling three former council members that the Stanislaus County Civil Grand Jury found had violated California’s open meeting law, Hughson’s Municipal Code and Fair Political Practices Regulations and Code. -db Turlock Journal August 31, 2010 By [...]

Hughson: Six challengers run in recall election over Brown Act violations

Six Hughson citizens have stepped up to run for seats on the City Council in the August recall election. -db The Turlock Journal June 11, 2010 By Maegan Martens At the end of the candidacy filing period on Thursday, six Hughson residents submitted their applications to fight for a seat on the City Council in [...]

Central Valley: Open meeting violations prompt successful recall petition drive

Citizens for Better City Government have collected over 1,000 signatures in the first step to recall three Hughson City Council members. The Civil Grand Jury had found the three in violation of the Brown Act, California’s open meetings law. -db The Turlock Journal March 30, 2010 By Maegan Martens Three months after the Civil Grand [...]

Scramento City College student president reinstated after Brown Act violation in recall election

Associated Student Government President Steve Macias was back in office when backers of the nullified recall violated the Brown Act by not posting the time and location of a meeting to organize the recall election. Macias was the target of the recall for refusing administration orders to ask a pro-life group to leave campus during Constitution [...]