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A&A: Can A City Councilmember Change Recorded Vote If It Changes Outcome?

Q:  Can city councilmembers change their votes after it has already been tabulated by the City Clerk? This concerns a vote that was taken by written ballot in a public meeting to fill a vacant council seat by appointment. The clerk read the votes and there was no majority on a particular candidate. So, one of the councilmen changed his vote stating he didn’t want to have the matter brought back before the council and wanted

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A&A: Can A Public Record Be Copyrighted?

Q: I run a liberal blog in conservative California county. I was tipped off to the existence of a voicemail left by a consultant of a prominent developer on the private cell phone of a city council member; the tone of the voicemail expressed disappointment in a vote, a call to meet and “improve their working relationship” or else “it’s going to be a long two years. I filed a request for the voicemail with

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A&A: Parents Want to Shield Kids from ProLife Protest Signage at Florida Elementary Schools

Q: For the past 3-4 years a Pro-Life protester has been rotating amongst our area’s elementary schools in November – December. During this time of year the students are undergoing various state standardized testings and writing assessments. The visual posters are extremely disturbing to the children and sets back the start to the days educational teaching. Personally, my child scored a 1 out of 4, 4 being the highest score, on her reading FAIR test

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A&A: CPRA Exemptions for Drafts

Q: I have requested from the City any or all documents, emails, etc. regarding a proposed development policy. When they did not provide the information, they were given a deadline of today. Little of the information was provided and was told that since the policy is in draft form, it would not be provided until it is completed. In actuality, this is supposedly ready to go to the Planning Commission in two weeks. This all

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UCLA Turns Over Video of Contentious Event with Treasury Secretary After Public Records Requests Flood in

Photo credit: UCLA The University of California Los Angeles has turned over video footage of a contentious event with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in which he was interrupted by heckling student protesters. The university initially refused to publish the material after Mnuchin’s “revoked his consent” for it to be shared publicly, but the school eventually gave in after a flood of public requests from the First Amendment Coalition and other groups. The moderated discussion

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