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New city attorney delivers Brown Act refresher to Historic Preservation Commission
Summary
Lisa Torosian, the newly assigned city attorney, delivered Brown Act training covering meeting types, serial-meeting prohibitions, ethics/training deadlines (including SB 827 changes), appeal timelines, and the HPC’s review authority for major and minor work permits.
Lisa Torosian, the newly introduced city attorney for Ojai City, presented a Brown Act training to the Historic Preservation Commission on Feb. 12 covering open-meeting rules, member responsibilities, and recent legislative changes.
Torosian summarized appointment and nomination procedures for commissions, explained chair and liaison roles, and described the four-step process for considering action items (presentation, public input, deliberation, decision). She stressed that boards, committees and…
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