Annie joins in FAC’s work of expanding access to public records and government meetings, and defending freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
The letter urges the appeals court to overturn the trial court’s ruling that all drone footage is exempt from the California Public Records Act.
A Guide to California’s Open Meeting Law Changes for 2023 The California Legislature passed four bills in 2022 changing aspects of state open-meetings laws. Notably, lawmakers increased the ability of members of both local and state bodies to participate remotely — pandemic-inspired policy that set off debates about whether such increased flexibility for public officials would result in less accountability to the public. Additional changes include a bill that allows the presiding member of a
FAC urges the California Supreme Court to grant review in an important case over public access to search warrant materials.
Sonoma County must release a report on an harassment complaint against an elected sheriff who claimed a California law protected personnel records of police officers. Referring to the report, a state appeals court wrote, “The truth and accuracy of such statements [the harassment complaint] must be open to testing in the public square. Indeed, the fact we are dealing with what may fairly be characterized as political speech among elected officials toward one another underscores