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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Q: I work on an environmental campaign related to water and wildlife habitat. I have attempted to place ads on buses and/or at bus stops managed by County Transit and the Transit Authority. County Transit denied our ads based  on their content, which they determined  includes “issue advocacy” which is not allowed under their recently-revised advertising policy (this policy excludes all advertisements that do not promote “commercial transactions”). The Transit Authority has simply ignored all of my attempts

Q: My community college district has an unwritten policy that bars publicly employed campus safety officers from speaking to members of the press. On several occasions they have told me of the policy and referred routine questions to supervisors. When I questioned supervisors about the policy, including media relations and the college president, they denied any policy existed. If the policy does exist, and the college is willingly and knowingly restraining public employees from speaking, is it

Q: Regarding the CPRA’s mandate that an agency must respond to a request within 10 days , FAC and other groups claim this means calendar days, not working days. Is there some compelling basis for this belief? A:  Unless a statute containing a time limitation specifies that “days” means court days or business days, the default is to calculate using calendar days.  If a particular deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, then the deadline is typically moved up to the