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Free speech: Patriot Act prevents civil rights lawyer from helping Kurdish group abandon terrorism

donal brown February 11, 2010

A civil rights lawyer is challenging a provision in the Patriot Act over his First Amendment rights to engage a Kurdish group he wants to advise about ways to resolve issues peacefully. The provision forbids him from engaing the group including offering “expert advice or assistance.” -db The New York Times February 11, 2010 By Adam Liptak WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ralph D. Fertig, a 79-year-old civil rights lawyer, says he would like to help a

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A&A: Is it a casual dinner or Brown Act violation?

FAC November 16, 2009

Q: If 3 out of 5 school board members meet at a restaurant with a teacher or administrator for a few minutes until they noticed that I was also at the restaurant with my wife, have they violated Brown’s Act? A: Depending on exactly what transpired, the episode you describe could be a violation the Brown Act. The Brown Act “serves to facilitate public participation in all phases of local government decision-making and to curb

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Oroville City Council to remedy Brown Act violation this week

donal brown November 16, 2009

After failing to put up for public discussion all details of a compensation package for a new fire chief, the Oroville City Council will correct the Brown Act violation by considering the package in an open meeting. -DB Oroville Mercury-Register November 15, 2009 By Mary Weston OROVILLE, Calif. — The City Council has an item to cure and correct a Brown Act violation on the docket Tuesday, as well as a decision about declaring housing

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Northern California: District Attorney sides with citizen about Brown Act violation

donal brown November 9, 2009

Butte County District Attorney agreed with a citizen who said the Oroville City council violated the Brown Act, California’s open government law, when it appointed a fire chief and approved free rent and the use of a city car on weekends in closed session last August and failed to report the rent and car benefits. -DB Oroville Mercury-Register November 6, 2009 By Mary Weston OROVILLE — Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey asked the city

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Los Angeles D.A. says Brown Act effective deterrent

donal brown October 5, 2009

Los Angeles County District Attorney staff members say they enforce the Brown Act aggressively but seek compliance rather punishment and has only had to bring two civil suits to enforce the act in the last eight years. They urge public officials to embrace the act rather than treat it as an obstacle. -DB Metropolitan News-Enterprise October 2, 2009 By Kenneth Ofgang The District Attorney’s Office aggressively enforces the state’s open meetings law for local public agencies with

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