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    Tracy case tests the power of government officials to avoid disclosure of their emails on public business

    […] By Peter Scheer Those enterprising members of the Tracy City Council have come up with a strategy to hide from public view all their written communications about government business. With a bit of legal legerdemain, they claim to be able to evade state open-government laws, transforming their communications from public records into private correspondence. […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Who is allowed to sit in on closed sessions regarding hiring?

    […] CEO'S Office. While this may be legal it is very troublesome because of power the current CEO wields with the Board of Supervisors. She may want her anointed one. Is there Brown Act laws which would preclude the CEO from being present during these interviews? Or would we be reliant on the local counties ordinances.

    December 31, 2010

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    My job has been threatened if I divulge details of closed-door meetings

    […] "null and void" if there was "substantial compliance with the Act."  Gov’t Code § 11130.3(b). In any event, it sounds like you may be facing issues that go beyond government transparency and would require a specialist in employment law.  You might want to consult with an employment lawyer about your employment concerns. Bryan Cave LLP is […]

    March 10, 2017

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    CPRA Police Records

    Disclosure of applicant information under PRA

    We're trying to request the applications of taxicab applicants to see if the regulatory body is discriminating. The public agency has red acted most of the applications for fear of a misdemeanor in releasing "convictions," (e.g. the agency maintains its own allegations of infractions and the applicants voluntarily submitted their place of doing business […]

    March 22, 2016

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Can the city manager demand political cartoons removed from senior center?

    […] When asked, the City Manager responded that this is not a violation of the Brown Act because this was material posted in a city owned building, and government code section 54954.3 (c) of the Brown Act does not apply. Is this the case? What are the senior’s rights on this issue? It seems to […]

    November 18, 2011

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    For Sunshine Week, CFAC to lead LA discussion on national security and 1st Amendment

    Discussion on Open Government will follow L.A. Theatre Works March 13 Production of Pentagon Papers Docudrama California First Amendment Coalition Director Peter Scheer to Lead Panel Washington — Sunshine Week will host a discussion on open government and secrecy issues following a Thursday, March 13, L.A. Theatre Works production of "Top Secret: The Battle […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Is there a Posting Date Requirement for Minutes of Public Agency Meetings?

    […] here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    January 20, 2021

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    CPRA

    Denied access to county’s seismic studies

    […] 6253(c). In addition to some of the specific exemptions that agencies invoke in justifying the withholding of records, some agencies cite the Act's "catch-all" exemption, contained in Government Code § 6255(a). This exemption states that in order to justify withholding a record, the agency must show that "on the facts of the particular case […]

    September 29, 2011

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    In taping a reporter, AG Brown’s spokesman showed bad judgment, but did he break the law?

    BY PETER SCHEER --- Attorney General Jerry Brown's spokesman Scott Gerber was unceremoniously "disappeared" from Brown's incipient gubernatorial campaign this week because of a lapse in judgment that, quite frankly, has been overblown. Gerber's mistake: to surreptitiously record a  phone conversation with a reporter,  which was later discovered because Gerber, in a plea for […]

    November 4, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Private Homeowners Associations

    Does the Brown Act apply to private Homeowners Associations or only to local and state gov't? I want to discuss dismissing a management company and I'm being kept from discussing their removal except in their presence at a Board meeting by other Board members.

    June 14, 2009