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Federal judge allows Trump to renege on declassification of all documents related to Russia probe

donal brown October 22, 2020

A federal district judge acceded to the Trump administration’s request to take back President Donald Trump’s tweets calling for declassification of all documents on the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. The judge ruled while scolding Trump for his careless tweets on a serious matter of national security. The judge, Reggie B Walton of D.C., was ruling on an open records lawsuit brought by news outlets and a nonprofit. (The Washington Post, October

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Police Transparency Guide Compendium

FAC August 26, 2020

Police Transparency Guide Legal compendium Legal Compendium Download Police Transparency Guide Table of Contents  Police Transparency in California: A Legal Compendium  AUTHOR Tenaya Rodewald Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton 379 Lytton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 TRodewald@sheppardmullin.com Last updated September 2020 Introduction Two bills passed the California Legislature in 2018 that significantly broadened the public’s right of access to information about state and local police officers.  One, Senate Bill 1421, substantially increased the public’s right

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A&A: What recourse do individuals with disabilities have to access land use proposals during COVID-19?

FAC July 24, 2020

SUBMITTED | APRIL 15, 2020 Q: Across California and in my backyard developers are putting in plans, and cities have been starting public comment time clocks without the public’s ability to assemble and easily read the documents. This is especially true for those whoa re disabled, without internet access or who don’t have the skill to load and read hundreds of pages of small print documents and drawings on the internet. Per the 2015 census,

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California open government roundup: Police evading transparency on officer training

donal brown July 5, 2020

The Electronic Frontier Foundation is alleging that a California police training commission is using copyright claims to evade the state transparency law requiring public release of documents on training new officers. EFF wants to see materials on automated license plate readers, facial recognition and use-of-force. (Newsweek, June 29, 2020, by Daniel Villarreal) The county grand jury criticized the Santa Barbara county supervisors for its actions in setting up the cannabis industry, particularly in establishing an

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Federal judge scores one for transparency for worker injuries

donal brown June 9, 2020

A federal sided with the Center for Investigative Reporting, ruling in a Freedom of Information Act case that injury and illness records of employers must be made public thus eliminating the secrecy shrouding worker safety. Under the ruling, employers will now have incentives to improve safety records as they can now more readily be held accountable. The Trump administration had suspended Obama-era rules requiring companies to electronically report injury and illness records. The case was

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