The Brown Act states:
54954.3. (a) Every agenda for regular meetings shall
provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the
legislative body on any item of interest to the public, before or during the legislative body's consideration of the
item,
that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body,
provided that no action shall be taken on any item not appearing on the agenda
unless the action is otherwise authorized by subdivision (b) of Section
54954.2. However, the agenda need not provide an opportunity for members of the
public to address the legislative body on any item that has already been
considered by a committee, composed exclusively of members of the legislative
body, at a public meeting wherein all interested members of the public were
afforded the opportunity to address the committee on the item, before or during
the committee's consideration of the item, unless the item has been
substantially changed since the committee heard the item, as determined by the
legislative body. Every notice for a special meeting shall provide an
opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body
concerning any item that has been described in the notice for the meeting
before or during consideration of that item.
In
During this 4 1/2 month period, not a single one of Glendale's other council
members (John Drayman, Laura Friedman, Ara Najarian and Dave Weaver) has
expressed any concern about this Quintero anti-public-input policy, which also
has not been questioned by City Attorney Scott Howard or Senior Assistant City
Attorney Michael Garcia, both of who have presided at subsequent council
meetings.
Unless California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr., or
See VIDEO of Quintero enacting his
“no or during” policy on his first day as mayor,
Hal Weber