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  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Right to online publication of events at my preschool

    After dismissing a 3-year-old student for extremely bad behavior, the child's parent retaliated by adding my business to several consumer websites and posting scathing reviews of my school. He egregiously misrepresented facts about the situation with his child and my character.  I responded  with a point-by-point rebuttal of the false claims. I never mentioned the child's […]

    August 15, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    City finds many ways to deny CPRA requests for emails

    My newspaper has had difficulty accessing City emails via public records requests. Our city has a written policy of only making available email from the city server (city manager, city finance director, etc.) for a 30 day time period from the date of the submission of the public record request. PRA requests are repeatedly […]

    May 31, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    Newsgathering

    Does Ohio law allow videotaping of council meetings?

    I have a local AM talk radio show in Ohio. Recently, I decided to visit my local council meetings and digitally record them on my computer. This seemed to have made a certain councilman angry. My question is, that I consider the act of recording a public council meeting and then airing portions of […]

    August 23, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Obligation to post minutes if no action is taken

    […] was taken? The superintendent has told me no minutes need to be taken unless action or a vote was taken?This "Special Meeting" had one agenda Item listed and that was "Strategic Planning Session." Public comment was allowed only at the beginning of the two day meeting (Board members and select public only). This meeting […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    CPRA Request being stonewalled by their attorney

    […] local fire district is a special independent district with the governing board elected by the populace. It is a 5 member board. There are no term limits and several board members have run unopposed for many years. This Board is supposed to provide oversight over the actions of the Fire Chief. Recently members of […]

    June 12, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act apply to city council appointed committees?

     Does the Brown Act apply to city council appointed committees?  If it does, how is a city supposed to conduct the necessary extended deliberations critical to producing good decisions regarding (among other things) public services and expenditures of public funds?

    August 15, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Are Depositions Public Records and Can We Publish Portions Of Them Legally?

    We have depositions from a 1994 Cali fornia case with selected content we would like to use for a report. I understand that California depositions are not a matter of public record, though some other states make depositions a public record.The case was dismissed but never settled. Other than attaching the depositions or portions […]

    October 30, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Police and Fire Department Records

    To whom it may concern.  I am seeking assistance in obtaining a couple of reports from our City and the fire department.  I had already walked in my request for public information and still have not received any written response.  Today I visited in person the fire department and asked what the status of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Cases Press Release

    Kern County Superior Court Agrees to Ensure Public Access During Pandemic

    […] executive director of the First Amendment Coalition. "Secret court proceedings are anathema to our system of government, and so we are grateful that they once again are open to the people of Kern County." Read the settlement agreement here. Read the June 2020 lawsuit here. MEDIA CONTACTS David Snyder Executive Director First Amendment Coalition […]

    January 11, 2021