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Public commenter accuses city attorney of Brown Act lapses as council moves into closed session
Summary
At a regularly scheduled Ojai City Council meeting a public commenter alleged past Brown Act violations tied to closed-session agenda notices and criticized City Attorney Matt Summers’ advice; the council approved the agenda and adjourned to closed session.
A public commenter accused Ojai City officials of violating the Ralph M. Brown Act and criticized City Attorney Matt Summers during public comment at the Ojai City Council meeting; the council then approved the agenda and adjourned to closed session.
The comment, made by a speaker identifying themself as Star Child, urged the council to choose “transparency or secrecy,” and said past closed-session handling related to a potential lawsuit by Simply Ojai over the Becker development project included matters not properly noticed on the agenda. “This could have been remedied if simply the agenda item would have been properly placed,” Star Child said.
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