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Californians Aware serves Demand for Correction on GGUSD for failure to follow Brown Act

February 2, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
Californians Aware serves Demand for Correction on GGUSD for failure to follow Brown Act

GARDEN GROVE — On Monday, February 1, 2010 Richard McKee of Californians Aware sent the Garden Grove Unified School District (GGUSD) a “Demand for Correction” letter citing repeated and continued violation of California’s open meetings laws. Californians Aware is a nonprofit organization established to help journalists and others keep Californians aware of what they need to...
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Investigation finds more Brown Act violations by GGUSD

February 1, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
Investigation finds more Brown Act violations by GGUSD

Absence of Ethics, Incompetent Legal Counsel, or both? To many the requirements of the Brown Act are seen as a nuisance, rather than a responsibility; an annoyance, rather than an opportunity for accountability. Such is the case it seems with the Garden Grove Unified School District Trustees.
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GGUSD and Brown Act Violations: A follow-up

January 19, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
GGUSD and Brown Act Violations: A follow-up

And to think, none of this controversy would have occurred at all if Lan Nguyen had simply followed the Brown Act in the first place. Instead he had to go and try to be sneaky, jumping through hoops in an attempt to skirt the law. All of that, just to set up who would...
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The Importance of The Brown Act: An Elected Official’s Perspective

January 18, 2010
By Mike Matsuda
The Importance of The Brown Act: An Elected Official’s Perspective

The fact that we are entering a period of limited government hopefully does not mean we are entering a period of limited oversight of governance. The recent walkout by Garden Grove Unified School District Trustee KimOanh Nguyen Lam over an alleged violation of the Brown Act by her fellow board members is a strong...
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Interesting details revealed by audio of GGUSD Meeting

January 13, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
Interesting details revealed by audio of GGUSD Meeting

Yesterday I wrote about the letter I sent to the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees regarding a violation of the Brown Act. At that time the audio for the January 5th meeting had not been posted. There is definitely more impact when you hear the voices as opposed to reading the...
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TheLiberalOC challenges GGUSD Trustees to come clean about Brown Act violation

January 11, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
TheLiberalOC challenges GGUSD Trustees to come clean about Brown Act violation

TheLiberalOC has submitted a letter to the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees challenging them to come clean and admit violations of California’s open meeting statutes (The Brown Act) at their December 15, 2009 organizational meeting. At the January 5, 2010 meeting of the Board, Trustee Dr. KimOanh Nguyen-Lam alleged that violations of the...
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GGSD Trustee KimOanh Nguyen Lam walks from meeting over Lan Nguyen’s violation of Brown Act

January 6, 2010
By Chris Prevatt
GGSD Trustee KimOanh Nguyen Lam walks from meeting over Lan Nguyen’s violation of Brown Act

In a dramatic move supporting government transparency and accountability, Dr. KimOanh Nguyen Lam, Trustee for the Garden Grove Unified School District, walked out of Tuesday evening’s board meeting over an alleged blatant violation of the Brown Act by her fellow board members. The Brown Act prohibits a quorum of elected officials from deciding on public matters...
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