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- Title
Chapter 91: The Bell Tolls for Local Government Corruption.
- Authors
Freeman, Mark
- Abstract
The article focuses on Bell scandal. It provides information that the Los Angeles District Attorney charged the city manager and official members of Bell 5.5 million dollars for compensation against corruption. It informs about the Ralph M. Brown Act (Brown Act), which requires the local agency to take the action in an open and public manner against the bell scandal. It informs that California citizens have got right to communicate, watch and participate in local government after passing the Brown Act. It reveals that AB 1344, the legislature has passed in response to the Bell scandal which reflects that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency be open and public and all persons be permitted to participate.
- Subjects
LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; CORRUPTION; SCANDALS; PUBLIC prosecutors; RIGHT to communicate; COMPENSATION (Law); LEGISLATIVE bodies
- Publication
McGeorge Law Review, 2012, Vol 43, Issue 3, p711
- ISSN
1520-9245
- Publication type
Article