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75 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 89 Local Boards May Place Time Limit on Speech for Specific Agenda Item (1992)

CA-AG (California Attorney General Opinions) 75 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 89 Office of the Attorney General State of California Opinion No. 92-212 May 7, 1992 THE HONORABLE PATRICK JOHNSTON MEMBER, CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE THE HONORABLE PATRICK JOHNSTON, MEMBER, CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question: May the legislative body of a local public agency limit public testimony on particular issues at its meetings to five minutes or less for each individual

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79 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 58 Rules for Media Access to Schools (1996)

Office of the Attorney General State of California 79 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 58 Opinion No. 95-509 June 10, 1996 THE HONORABLE CATHIE WRIGHT MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE THE HONORABLE CATHIE WRIGHT, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. May school administrators require members of the news media to (1) register their presence on campus, (2) comply with other conditions for interviewing students, observing an

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80 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 308 School Superintendent Hiring Committee Not Subject to Open Meeting Law (1997)

Office of the Attorney General State of California 80 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 308 Opinion No. 97-414 November 10, 1997 THE HONORABLE MIKE THOMPSON MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE THE HONORABLE MIKE THOMPSON, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE, has requested an opinion on the following question: Where the board of trustees of a school district has formed a committee, known as the district liaison council, consisting of eight representatives from the community, seven

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AG Opinion #98-901 Senior Citizen Property Tax Exemptions Subject to Disclosure (1998)

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL State of California DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ______________________________________ DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General CLAYTON P. ROCHE Deputy Attorney General ______________________________________________________________________ THE HONORABLE THOMAS F. CASEY, III, COUNTY COUNSEL, SAN MATEO COUNTY, has requested an opinion on the following question: Are claims for senior citizens’ exemptions from assessment of a parcel tax levied by a school district subject to inspection by members of

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Senator urges Senate role in declassifying documents

Senator urges Senate role in declassifying documents Holding that the public is being misled about the abusive interrogations of terrorists, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) says that it is imperative to release documents to the public. That will not be done, he says, while the executive branch has a monopoly on the declassification process. -DB Secrecy Federation of American Scientists June 10, 2009 The public has been significantly misled and misinformed concerning the practice of

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