Mayor Christina Fugazi dissolved an ad hoc committee formed by the Stockton City Council to assist in the search for a ...

The Brown Act, approved in 1953, is supposed to guarantee public participation for Californians in their local governments. Instead it has become a gag rule. The act’s requirements of advance ...

Stockton Mayor Christina Fugazi is raising concerns about possible violations of California’s open meetings law — known as ...

Ventura County supervisors agreed Tuesday to review their procedures for communicating with each other to make sure they are not violating the state's open meeting laws.

Both lauded and maligned—and perhaps occasionally violated—the Brown Act has been an integral part of California politics for over half a century. The Ralph M. Brown Act, often referred to as ...

The Brown Act is one of the most comprehensive open-meeting laws in the country and has left a lasting legacy on how local governments and agencies conduct the public’s business.

Following her attorneys’ first accusations of Brown Act violations and McDonald’s subsequent resignation, the board opted to place her on administrative leave.

The district attorney's office confirmed Thursday it was investigating allegations that the Capistrano Unified School District violated the state's open meeting laws.

The Brown Act violations were among 10 grand jury findings listed in the report. Superintendent Julianna Stocking, who began the day after the grand jury released its report, ...

The Brown Act’s complexity often leads to problems in implementation, according to a primer maintained online by the FAC. And with its bounds often tested by public officials, ...