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37 <br /> <br />Boards, Commissions, and Committees Handbook| SeptemberMay 2024 2021 <br />For newly elected and appointed officials, the requirement is to receive this training within one <br />year of assuming office. (For everyone else, the requirement is to receive this training within two <br />years of receiving one’s first training). <br /> <br />There are a number of optfons for complying with this requirement: <br />• Self-study materials are available at http://www.ca-ilg.org/ab1234compliance <br />• The materials require that you read two artfcles on public service ethics laws and <br />principles, take a self-assessment test, and then submit it to the Instftute for Local <br />Government with a processing fee for each test. The Instftute will review your test(s), <br />provide you the correct answers to the questfons and a proof of partfcipatfon certfficate. <br /> <br />• The Fair Politfcal Practfces Commission (FPPC) offers free online training at <br />http://localethics.fppc.ca.gov/login.aspx. This optfon requires you to log onto the FPPC’s <br />website, review various screens of materials, take periodic tests to assure retentfon of the <br />informatfon and then print out a certfficate. <br /> <br /> <br />City Council Policy on the Use of Computer Hardware during City Council, Boards, Commissions <br />and Committees Meetings (see Exhibit B). <br /> <br />VI. RALPH M. BROWN ACT <br /> RALPH M. BROWN ACT <br />VII.VI. <br /> <br />GENERAL OVERVIEW <br /> <br />The Ralph M. Brown Act, Government Code sectfon <br />54950 et seq., sets forth certain legal requirements <br />regarding BCCs based on the public’s right to know <br />how decisions are made. Public agencies, boards, <br />commissions, and committees exist to aid in the <br />conduct of the people’s business. No City BCC shall <br />hold any meetfng at which actfon is taken other than <br />at a duly called and regularly held meetfng, notfce of <br />which is provided by either resolutfon or ordinance or <br />by adjournment of a prior meetfng. As such, actfons <br />of these bodies should be transparent. Transparency promotes trustworthiness in the public <br />9.B. - Page 45 of 53 <br />201