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City attorney briefs Vallejo housing commissioners on Brown Act, public‑records and conflict rules
Summary
Randy Reisner, the city’s chief assistant city attorney, gave the commission a detailed Brown Act training covering open‑meeting requirements, public‑records obligations (including limits on using personal devices), conflict‑of‑interest rules and recent changes allowing some remote attendance under SB 707.
Randy Reisner, the City of Vallejo’s chief assistant city attorney, delivered a Brown Act and public‑records presentation to the Housing and Community Development Commission at its March meeting, laying out when meetings must be open to the public and how officials should handle records and conflicts of interest.
Reisner opened by reading the Brown Act preamble, saying, “The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them,” and used the historical statute to frame modern requirements. He told commissioners that the Brown Act — enacted in 1953 and shaped by later court decisions — covers legislative bodies and standing committees and prohibits serial meetings and undisclosed deliberations by a majority of a…
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