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City attorney finds no Brown Act violations in Verizon hearing complaint

Carmel-by-the-Sea Planning Commission · March 11, 2026
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The city attorney told the Carmel-by-the-Sea Planning Commission he reviewed Helen Barrett’s March email alleging Brown Act violations tied to a Verizon small wireless facility hearing and concluded the commission complied with posting and agenda rules; commissioners voted to direct staff to send that response.

The Carmel-by-the-Sea Planning Commission voted to direct the city attorney to respond to a March 5 complaint alleging Brown Act violations, after the city attorney told the commission he found no violation.

In a staff presentation, the city attorney summarized an email from Helen Barrett alleging that meetings on Feb. 4 and Feb. 10 were not properly noticed and that a non-agendized location (the Golden Bow Playhouse) and a six-page writing by a…

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