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California open government roundup: ACLU sues Orange County for curbing public access

donal brown April 16, 2019

The American Civil Liberties Union is backing a homelessness task force in filing a lawsuit that claims the Orange County Board of Supervisors is illegally restricting speech at meetings and access to public documents. The ACLU accuses the board of being the least transparent government agency in California and that their conduct during public comment sections of meetings is particularly egregious. (Los Angeles Times, April 9, 2019, by Alejandra Reyes-Velarde) Norberto Santana Jr. of the Voice

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A&A: Covered CA contracts exempt from PRA

FAC June 2, 2016

Q: I thought it odd that contract negotiations with the CA health care exchange are exempt from PRA. Seems like some shady stuff is going on there. Here’s their legal response: We cannot release the proposal or the scorecards, as they are exempt from disclosure under California Government Code 100508. We can release the final contract, if you would like. Please let us know what we can do. A: Under the California Public Records Act, public

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US Supreme Court ‘government speech’ rulings should curb government misuse of anti-SLAPP laws

Peter Scheer December 21, 2015

BY PETER SCHEER–Does the first amendment apply to government speech? In recent decisions, the Supreme Court has answered that question in the negative.  Constitutional free speech protections apply to people (and corporations and other private legal entities), but they do not limit or regulate governmental speech, the Court declared. The implications of this doctrine are troublesome because the decision to label speech as governmental has the effect of immunizing the government from challenge under the

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A&A: Does the CPRA cover private entities that do work for government?

FAC March 6, 2014

 Q: I am a reporter  working on a story about a recent dog shooting by a police officer although animal control officers say they had the situation under control.  Reports were filed by both Humane Society animal control officers on  the scene when the dog was tasered and shot by the officer.  I understand one of the reports clearly calls into question the necessity of the shooting, but my request for the documents was denied

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A&A: Are Community College Faculty Senate meetings covered by the Brown Act?

FAC January 30, 2012

Q: I believe Community College Faculty Senates are subject to the Brown Act?  If so, must these bodies disclose how each member voted on an item? I teach at a community college.  My program was asked to make some amendments to an item, otherwise an individual told us she would challenge the matter. We made the amendments. The indivdiual then actually went ahead and challenged the matter at a Faculty Senate open meeting. She also

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