Continued Disrespect for the Brown Act and Public Transparency
On July 10th, there was a hotly contested City Council meeting to discuss the much publicized motion by Councilman Lalloway regarding the use of the ARDA site for the veterans cemetery given the resounding defeat of Measure B by the vast majority of Irvine residents. In another display of complete disrespect by our Council, Mayor Wagner put forward a 6 point motion. Did he construct this motion right there on the dais? No. It was typed up and ready to go. Did he present this option for review by the public in accordance with the Brown Act? No. Let’s examine the timing.
MOTION BY LALLOWAY
Lalloway’s motion was sent to the City Council on June 12, 2018 (almost a month prior to the July CC meeting) via email to Acting City Manager and City Council. The memo is a pretty basic five prong motion. The document was included in the 7/10/18 agenda packet and available on the city website prior to the City Council meeting. The public had access to view the motion before the meeting. The Brown Act was followed.
3 Comments
judithG
July 16, 2018 at 3:37 pmGood question! Why wasn’t the Mayor’s motion provided with the agenda? Clearly it was prepared before the City Council meeting.
Ernie Ball
July 16, 2018 at 5:21 pmFor those of us that don’t follow Inside Baseball, what happens when someone doesn’t follow the Brown Act?
Karen Jaffe
July 17, 2018 at 6:16 amA knowing violation of the Brown Act with the intent to deprive the public of information to which it is entitled is a crime. Unfortunately, without much money, the public doesn’t have much in the way of power to enforce the Brown Act. In reality, it should be incumbent on our city attorney as a check and balance into the system to keep our elected officials beholden to our laws. Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem to be interested in doing that and our elected officials simply continue to stomp all over the voters and residents. We can only recall and/or vote them out.
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