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MUCH NEEDED NEW CALIFORNIA LAWS FOR 2014

Doubtless in response to the many California cities keeping inadequate and incomplete meeting records,  a new law has been past in an attempt to improve both the content and informational value of city council and other governing bodies' minutes or written records.

New Law Requires Public Report on Action and Vote of Each Member in Open Sessions 

Changes to Brown Act Effective January 1, 2014 

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“California Senate Bill 751, recently signed into law, will require all legislative bodies to publicly report any action taken in any meeting, and the vote or abstention on that action of each member present…In order to comply with these requirements, legislative bodies must verify the vote or abstention of each member, and publicly announce the action taken and the vote or abstention of each member in attendance.

This information should also be noted in the minutes. As a practical matter, votes may need to be taken by roll call or in another manner that allows verification of the vote of each member in order to comply with the [new]requirements of SB 751.” *

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We should hopefully be able to look forward to a substantial improvement in what the City of Wildomar produces in the line of their meeting minutes, and maybe, just maybe, it won’t be necessary for some concerned citizen to prod them into compliance with the new laws.

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