Asked & Answered

Q: I am trying to get investigative records from California’s Department of Consumer Affairs and the California Department of Justice for a complaint I am lodging against a former employer. How do I go about submitting such a request? A: Investigatory records maintained by a law enforcement agency are generally exempt from disclosure, Gov’t Code section 6254(f), so it may be that records you request from the Department of Justice do not have to be disclosed.  Of course,

Q: At its last meeting, City Council members were told by the city attorney that the city no longer has to abide by some of the provisions of the Brown Act. He was citing the city’s ability to vote on an issue that was not on the agenda, telling them it was OK.  Has the Brown Act been revised to include this change? A: I am not aware of any changes in the law that would allow

Q: My family and I have been protesting an event but now  the promoter has placed an “order of protection” against us so that we cannot return. He wrote on his order that we are disruptive and that the police had to be called. The police were called but because we were peacefully picketing they said there was nothing they could do. We are currently waiting on court to fight this order. I was wondering if

Q: I am writing to see if there is any California case law on the release of dash cam videos and whether they are public record. I’ve been covering the case of a police officer accused of committing assault on a juvenile under the color of authority . The officer’s defense was that he was singled out for arrest and prosecution because he was unpopular in a dysfunctional police department and that his fellow officers willfully

Q: Last month our recently elected academic senate president announced to us, the Senate Executive Committee, privately, on campus, that he would be moving to New York and would not be teaching anymore at our college. He said we would have a meeting about his leaving as soon as he learned about what sick time he had left, etc. He didn’t know when it was he would be resigning. Over the course of the following