Baldwin Park violates open meeting law
Brown Act violation of the day, brought to you by reporter Bethania Palma:
Baldwin Park city officials refused to provide information regarding former Police Chief Edward Lopez’s resignation agreement because of a provision in it that says within 10 days it can be revoked.
“Based on our attorney’s advice the agreement will become public within 10 days,” said the city’s chief executive officer, Vijay Singhal. “I can’t say anything more.”
“That’s just flat wrong,” said Terry Francke of Californians Aware, an open government advocacy group. “The issue of whether it is to be honored or revoked is entirely different than the issue of whether the proposed agreement is public record or not.”