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In
the spring of 1990, MERG became aware that other
jurisdictions had a time at the start of a supervisors'
meeting for public comment. When we reviewed the Brown Act
in our county, we found that the paragraph allowing public
comment had been deleted from the document. We brought this
to county counsel's attention and were successful at having
it reinstated-------an important factor is our public
process.
The
following link provides information about the Brown Act and
its history.
http://www.brownact.org/
The
following link to the State Attorney General’s website
provides the AG’s advice on the Brown Act.
http://www.ag.ca.gov/publications/brownAct2003.pdf
In
2004 additional legislation was passed to regulate open
meetings of State Boards and Commissions.
http://www.ag.ca.gov/publications/bagleykeene2004_ada.pdf
The following site provides additional information about
both the Brown Act and the Bagley-Keen Act.
http://www.thefirstamendment.org/brownact.html
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