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    Blog

    MediaNews, Hearst and Clint Reilly should not be allowed to keep their secret settlement a secret

    By Peter Scheer News organizations are notoriously bad at covering news stories in which they are participants. Recent examples include the Wall Street Journal, whose top editors knew about Rupert Murdoch’s offer to purchase Dow Jones (owner of the Journal and related businesses) for days before the news was made public--not by the Journal, […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Can a special meeting on 24 hours notice include a closed session?

    Regarding Special Meeting, it is an open public meeting and requires a 24 hour notice to inform the public of the upcoming special meeting, what about the closed session meeting? Even though your organization mentioned that closed session can be done even with a 24 hours notice to inform the public of the Special […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Recording at a Board and Care Facility without Permission

    My mother lives in a board and care facility.  I have power of attorney. She is mentally capable, but is diagnosed bi-polar and is experiencing beginning stages of dementia.  She has a private room.  The facility receives funds from CEI for my Mom's B&C.- a Medicare/Medicaid managed program. May I legally use video camera/audio equipment […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Agency Claims 90-Day Records Request Response Time

    I am requesting records from multiple agencies. and meeting with resistance and run around.  In one case, my request passed through three agencies until I was finally told that a response would be forthcoming in 90 days.  I questioned the 90 days and below was a response from there legal dept. "Government Code 6253(c) […]

    February 14, 2018

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    Press Release

    FAC Forces Disclosure of CA Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Former State Sen. Wright

    […] Wright’s application to Brown for a pardon, and a letter from the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office recommending against a pardon for Wright. Also included in these newly unsealed documents are already-public records regarding Wright’s criminal case—clearly demonstrating the overbreadth of the Supreme Court’s automatic sealing practices. "We’re grateful that the Supreme Court has […]

    January 4, 2019

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    Blog Cases

    Supreme Court to hold oral argument in FAC case this Wednesday at Boalt Hall. Be there!

    […] Prop 59 amendment says: "he people have the right of access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business, and therefore . . . the writings of public agencies and officials shall be open to public scrutiny." The oral argument tomorrow at Boalt Hall promises to be lively and interesting. See you there! --PS

    October 7, 2013

  • Posts

    California Assembly Bill 1479 Would Add Much-Needed Teeth to Disclosure Requirements Under the California Public Records Act

    One of the most frequent complaints FAC hears from people seeking records under the Cali fornia Public Records Act (CPRA) is that government agencies simply ignore the law's requirement that the government respond to a request within a certain time frame.  One reason government agencies do this is that there is very little cost […]

    April 20, 2017

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Future Council Members, Participation, and the Brown Act

    I am going to be on the City Council in a tiny city starting in November.  (There were three open seats and three candidates, so it is a walk-in.) I and another of the future Council members are part of a local conservation group.  We have filed an appeal to the City Council asking […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    Bank that shuttered wikileaks withdraws lawsuit

    […] federal court lawsuit against the whistleblower website. The Julius Baer Bank on Wednesday entered a voluntary dismissal of its suit, "without prejudice"--meaning that the bank is keeping open the option of refiling the same suit in another court. The bank acted following a hearing last week in which federal District Judge Jeffrey White ruled […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Attorneys present at closed meetings

    I have a question about closed sessions. We want to update our Board of Directors on current litigation against our hospital. However, we don't necessarily need to have our attorney present to do so. Is this valid closed-session subject matter? And if so, do we need to list the litigation that will be discussed?

    June 14, 2009