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A&A: Does Ohio law allow videotaping of council meetings?

FAC August 23, 2011

Q: I have a local AM talk radio show in Ohio. Recently, I decided to visit my local council meetings and digitally record them on my computer. This seemed to have made a certain councilman angry. My question is, that I consider the act of recording a public council meeting and then airing portions of them on my show to completely legal. Is this legal? And can I also post these recordings on the internet?

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A&A: Can I appeal a records request denial from State Medical Board?

FAC August 22, 2011

Q: I made a request to the California Medical Board for licensing application information. The Medical Board denied my request and offered no avenues for appeal. By my reading of relevant case law, and admittedly I am not a lawyer, this information is clearly not exempt from the Public Records Act. Are there avenues for appeal for this kind of denial that don’t involve entering litigation? If litigation is required, is it common practice, or

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A&A: Board retailiating against former colleague who called them on Brown Act violations

FAC August 21, 2011

Q: I am a former 15 year elected official for a small airport special district. Prior to being a board member, I have been a hangar tenant at the same airport. In 2008 I decided to not run for another term and became a spectator. What I observed with the new Board was an immediate termination of the GM and hiring of a new GM with no public sector experience. Since his employment, I caught

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A&A: Should complaints against belligerent councilman be public?

FAC August 19, 2011

Q: I am a reporter trying to access public records  for two investigations regarding incidents involving a City Councilman — one at a city-owned clubhouse and the other at a local transit agency. Both of my public records requsts have been rejected because officials say it is a personnel matter. In the transit agency’s rejection letter, which is the one I received most recently, it cites California Gov. Code 6254(c)and(k) as well as City of

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A&A: Can law enforcement seal a search warrant that gathered evidence on a civil case?

FAC August 19, 2011

Q: 1) Can a law enforcement agency use a search warrant to gather evidence in an anticipated civil case? 2) Can that same agency seal a search warrant used solely to acquire information for an expected civil case? 3) Where can I find the law on this, so that I may reference it in conversations with this agency? Thank you very much. A: Although your first question is beyond the scope of our expertise (which

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