{"id":113371,"date":"2023-05-31T06:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=113371"},"modified":"2023-05-31T06:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T13:40:34","slug":"la-times-accuses-laco-board-of-supervisors-of-violating-brown-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2023\/05\/31\/la-times-accuses-laco-board-of-supervisors-of-violating-brown-act\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Times accuses LACo Board of Supervisors of violating Brown Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LA County Supervisors [File]<\/figcaption><\/figure>A lawyer for the Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a> has sent the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors a letter accusing members of violating the Brown Act and is requesting the supervisors turn over transcripts of two recent meetings.<\/p>\n

The supervisors met Tuesday, May 30, in a closed session to discuss the request by the Times<\/em>. The Brown Act ensures the public can watch local government meetings, and is a long-standing open-government law in California. Local agencies are not permitted to discuss certain topics, including litigation, performance evaluations of employees or union negotiations, behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

At issue is the Board of Supervisors sessions in regard to the county’s Probation Department meetings in closed sessions on March 24 and April 18. There was a meeting after state regulators warned county officials that the state was recommending a move to shut down the county’s two juvenile halls on March 24.<\/p>\n

“What you can’t do is use that as a guise to talk about policy-oriented decisions that the public has a right to be a part of,” said attorney Kelly Aviles<\/strong>, who wrote the April 21 letter on behalf of The Times.<\/p>\n

The closed sessions in both meetings were listed as department head performance evaluations on the agendas. The Times<\/em> alleges in its letter the board used the time “for a broader discussion of the Probation Department.”\u00a0In the letter, the Times cites a statement from Chair Janice Hahn saying the board was trying to “figure out a path forward to keep both the young people in our halls and our staff safe and supported” during the March 24 closed session.\u00a0Such a conversation would be considered a violation of the Brown Act, Aviles argued in the letter.<\/p>\n

“Furthermore, a preemptive discussion of the state of county juvenile halls or their potential closures reaches far beyond the personnel exception,” the letter states.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Hahn declined to comment, the Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Times<\/em> requested the county “to refrain from similar violations in the future,” in addition to asking for transcripts.<\/p>\n

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