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Can A School District Bar The Public From School Closure Meetings?
April 21, 2022
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Feedback from recent column, “Snowden Go Home”
[…] NSA surveillance. ("Snowden Go Home"). The longer Snowden is a fugitive (particularly in Vladimir Putin's Russia), the harder it is to characterize his conduct--obtaining and disclosing classified records by the gigabyte--as an act of conscience. In the venerable tradition of civil disobedience, he should submit to American legal processes. Not surprisingly, these views triggered […]August 15, 2014
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Using Trade Agreements As a Tool to Further Rights of Free Speech
[…] ministering to the basic needs of others could be pleasantly surprised to discover that the legal ground-rules of economic globalization are not as one-dimensional as sometimes thought. Luke Eric Peterson is an Embassy columnist and the editor of Investment Arbitration Reporter (www.iareporter.com) an electronic news service tracking international lawsuits between multinationals and sovereign governments. Embassy:June 3, 2009
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Open Meeting Rules for Chamber of Commerce/ Non-Profits
Typically, chambers of commerce fall in the category of nonprofit organizations. The California Public Records Act (PRA) explicitly provides that "nonprofit entities that are legislative bodies of a local agency" pursuant to Section 54952 of the Brown Act are "local agencies" subject to the PRA. Subsection (c) of section 54952 provides: 54952. As used […]June 14, 2009
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PRA request denied for correspondence related to reports
Under the PRA, public records—which include "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency," Cal. Gov't Code § 6252(e)—are presumed to be open to the public and must be disclosed unless a specific provision of the Act or other law exempts […]September 7, 2016
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Garcia v. County of Alameda
July 12, 2024
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Journalism Leaders Ricardo Sandoval-Palos and Edward Wasserman Join FAC Board
[…] executives and community leaders. ABOUT FAC The First Amendment Coalition is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing free speech, a free press, a more open and accountable government and public participation in civic affairs. Bookmark our free Legal Hotline, resources on accessing public records and meetings, and Subpoena Defense Initiative that serves journalists in need.July 9, 2020