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Does newspaper candidate forum constitute a quorum?

FAC October 6, 2009

Q: We invited city council candidates to our newspaper offices for an editorial endorsement forum. There are three incumbents and one challenger for three seats. We will have me, the editor, and a reporter there to ask the candidates questions about why we should endorse their candidacy. Because there are three candidates currently on the same five-member council, does that constitute a meeting that should be publicly noticed? We are planning on writing a story

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A&A: The public should know if school employee embezzled $2m

FAC October 6, 2009

Q: I have some information and documentation that a school district employee in Administrative Services was dismissed from her job for embezzling at least $2 million in district funds.  The employee was allowed to retire with benefits. Without Federal stimulus funds the district would be facing an $11 million deficit this year. I believe this warrants further investigation and possible submission to our local district attorney for prosecution. I would like to gather more detailed

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City Clerk requires Ad Hoc reports to be in announcements

FAC October 6, 2009

Q:Why would our city clerk require city Commissions to move all ad hoc reports and standing committees from agenda items to the announcements portion of the meeting? They are not listed on the agenda unless the ad hoc specifies the exact language of the action/recommendation for our city council. Then it gets more complicated because an agency of the city can be listed on the agenda but a standing committee from one of the neighborhood

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First Amendment Coalition joins forces to write stiffer rule for access to court records

FAC September 17, 2009

The First Amendment Coalition along with the California Newspaper Publishers Association and Californians Aware have submitted written comments on a draft of a Rule of Court to grant the public access to administrative court records. -DB CNPA Legislative Bulletin September 16, 2009 CNPA, the First Amendment Coalition and Californians Aware all lodged informal written comments last week on an initial draft of a Rule of Court that would give the public a right of access

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Obit: Dick Fogel, Bay City News Service founder, and long-time FAC supporter, at 86.

FAC September 14, 2009

Richard Henry Fogel, co-founder of Bay City News Service, died last Wednesday at 86. Fogel was among the founders of FAC in 1988. Ever a free speech advocate, he was a recipient of the James Madison Freedom of Information Career Achievement Award, among others. By Wayne Futak Bay City News 09/10/2009 —- Richard Henry Fogel, co-founder of San Francisco’s Bay City News Service, died Wednesday in Thousand Oaks. He was 86. An advocate on issues

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