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Real Estate/Development

Oct. 14, 2008

Judge Rules L.A. Planners Hid Environmental Reports, Violated Brown Act

Open government advocates won a victory last week when a judge ruled that the city's practice of using internal city codes to disguise key environmental matters before the Planning Commission was illegal.

By Peter B. Matuszak
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Open government advocates won a victory last week when a judge ruled that the city's practice of using internal city codes to disguise key environmental matters before the Planning Commission was illegal.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Yaffe ruled in favor of public interest attorney Robert Silverstein on Oct. 6, finding that the city had repeatedly violated the Brown Act...

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