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City attorney gives planning commissioners a Brown Act and procedural refresher
Summary
Assistant City Attorney Benjamin Jones reviewed public‑hearing procedures, motion types, the Brown Act’s serial‑meeting and social‑media rules, and the FPPC conflict‑of‑interest test during a training session at the Feb. 4 Planning Commission meeting.
Assistant City Attorney Benjamin Jones delivered a refresher training for the Planning Commission covering bylaws, Robert’s Rules of Order, public‑hearing procedure, motion types and the legal differences between quasi‑judicial and legislative matters.
Jones reviewed the Brown Act’s agenda‑posting and open‑meeting requirements, the prohibition on serial meetings (chain, hub‑and‑spoke, and intermediary examples), and cautioned…
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