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City attorney briefs Modesto CPRB on Brown Act, ad hoc limits and remote participation rules
Summary
Assistant City Attorney Alex Mogg gave a Brown Act overview to the Modesto CPRB, explaining what constitutes a legislative body and meeting, limits on ad hoc committees (members only, less than a quorum), risks of serial communications by email or social media, and the AB 2449 rules for remote participation.
Assistant City Attorney Alex Mogg presented a Brown Act training to the Modesto Community Police Review Board, emphasizing the law's core requirement that meetings of legislative bodies be open to the public and the limits that imposes on board communications and ad hoc committees.
"The Ralph M. Brown Act is the state's open meeting law," Mogg said, adding that "the basic requirement of the Brown Act is that meetings of legislative bodies shall be open to the public and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting." He described who…
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