A lawyer for the Los Angeles Times has sent the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors a letter accusing members of violating the Brown Act and is requesting Wednesday the supervisors turn over transcripts of two recent meetings. The supervisors met Tuesday in a closed session to discuss the request by the Times. The Brown Act ensures the public can watch local government meetings, and is a long-standing open-government law in California. 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. The closed sessions in both meetings were listed as department head performance evaluations on the agendas.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 31, 2023 13:45 UTC