Special Districts

BB&K special district attorneys are often employed as general counsel, providing a full range of legal services as requested by the client, which usually includes advising our clients during board meetings on the Brown Act, conflicts of interest and other procedural matters.

BB&K special district attorneys are often employed as general counsel, providing a full range of legal services as requested by the client, which usually includes advising our clients during board meetings on the Brown Act, conflicts of interest and other procedural matters.

BB&K provides advice regarding the interpretation and application of the Ralph M. Brown Act ("Open Meeting Law") to our public entity clients. Advice often pertains to:

• Requirements for agenda preparation, posting and distribution
• Closed session topics and reporting
• Notices and agendas for special and emergency meetings
• Adding agenda items after the agenda is posted
• Conducting meetings by teleconferencing
• Application of Brown Act to committees of official bodies
• Avoiding violations and penalties

We also defend challenges to our clients' compliance with the Brown Act.

BB&K provides advice to elected and non-elected public officials regarding conflicts of interest laws including:

• Political Reform Act (Government Code § 81000 et seq.)
• Self-Interested Contracts (Government Code § 1090)
• Incompatibility of Public Offices

We stay informed on the most recent decisions from the Fair Political Practices Commission.  We also monitor statutory and common law changes to the law and regularly advise clients of such changes.

In addition to our general counsel services, BB&K is frequently retained as special counsel by special districts to handle individual matters that require the expertise developed by our attorneys in a particular area of law, including any litigation that may be necessary.