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Brown Act

Closed sessions to hire and decide pay for outside counsel

Section 54956.9 of the California Government Code provides that the legislative body of a local agency, "based on advice of its legal counsel," may hold "a closed session to confer with, or receive advice from, its legal counsel regarding pending litigation when discussion in open session concerning those matters would prejudice the position of […]

June 14, 2009
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July 3, 2024
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Regulators analyzing MediaNews’ acquisition…

[…] with the Justice Department or Federal Trade Commission in such "pre-merger reviews" are traditionally confidential, let’s hope that McClatchy, MediaNews and Hearst, which are all in the business of making information public, will elect to tell their readers what they are telling government regulators. Peter Scheer, a lawyer and journalist, is Executive Director of CFAC.

June 2, 2009
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Does Wikileaks deserve Dan Ellsberg’s approval? The good Wikileaks, yes; the bad Wikileaks, no

[…] good Wikileaks. The bad Wikileaks, not satisfied with front-page stories in the New York Times and the other publications, and despite demands and threats from the US government, proceeded to dump virtually its entire set of 400,000 Iraq War documents on the open internet, where they are being painstakingly mined for information and insights […]
- Press Freedom
November 1, 2010
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FAC Welcomes Four New Members to its Board of Directors

[…] Gin, Antonia Hernández, and Irene Lee bring decades of experience and leadership to FAC as it continues expanding its impact in defense of a free press, open government, and free expression. Ashley Alvarado is the newly appointed President and CEO of Texas Public Radio (TPR), a nonprofit media organization that serves South Central Texas. […]

October 29, 2024
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First Amendment

Is banning R-rated films from classroom censorship?

[…] would reach a different conclusion than the Borger court did. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

December 30, 2010
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CPRA

Access to RFO Bids

Under the CA Public Records Act, do we as responders to a RFO for Information Technology Consulting Services for State of California contracts, have any rights to be able to review the bids received (after notice of contract award) to find out how we scored in comparison and how we could write better responses? […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Electronic Filing of Campaign Disclosure Data

[…] for it to redact the addresses in the online version. I am not aware of any particular authority that would support this position, however, and the position does not seem to make a great deal of sense where making the information available online would seem to entail less cost and work for the government agency.

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

FAC Calls on California City to End Unconstitutional Public Comment Policy

[…] actual disruption of a meeting. Indeed, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has held that virtually identical language is unconstitutional. No matter how intemperate, criticism of government and public officials is the core of what the First Amendment protects. As one court said over 40 years ago, "InAmerica, one who seeks or holds […]
August 8, 2022
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CPRA

Can I publish public records? Confidential records of public importance?

[…] sorts of information might be protected thereunder. There are certainly risks connected with your posting that document. A safer route would be to file a Public Record Act request for the document. You may want to file another request as well as other pertinent documents relating to the settlement (perhaps as a separate request […]

June 14, 2009