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    How Can I Access Florida Police Body-Camera Videos?

    […] me on how to get police body-worn camera videos from a Florida law enforcement agency that have not been provided in response to a freedom of information act. Nor were they included in discovery for a criminal case. I believe there is damning evidence on the video of police misconduct, obstruction of justice, malicious […]

    June 7, 2021

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    FAC, ACLU, Fresnoland Demand Fresno City Council Stop Secret Budget Negotiations

    […] council’s budget committee has repeatedly met behind closed doors to finalize the budget in clear violation of the Brown Act, which guarantees the fundamental right to open government. According to Fresnoland, as the fifth largest city in California by population, Fresno stands alone in the top 10 by holding secret budget committee meetings. Although […]

    September 6, 2023

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    2007 CFAC Free Speech & Open Government Assembly

    […] Amendment Coalition is seeking nominations for its annual Beacon and Darkness awards, given in recognition of exceptional efforts, during 2006 and 2007, to advance and defend open- government and freedom of speech (Beacon Awards), and the opposite: exceptional efforts to curtail public access and free expression (Darkness Awards). Deadline for award nominations is September […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Getting information from closed sessions

    As a preliminary matter, it is not clear why your Board would have cited Government Code section 54956.9.  Section 54956.9 provides for closed sessions to discuss pending litigation, and does not apply to either of the items you listed in your inquiry. With regard to the first item, public employee discipline/dismissal/release, the Brown Act […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act Newsgathering

    Community Association claims parks are private; city says they’re public

    […] and then the city. The parks are considered public by city officials, but the association says those parks are private. My question has to do with the Brown Act. If the community association, a public benefit nonprofit corporation, holds board meetings to discuss these public parks, are these meetings considered open meetings and subject […]

    July 17, 2013

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    Brown Act

    Lawsuits Among School Trustees

    The Brown Act provides that the legislative body must disclose certain information about what has transpired in a closed session and that certain information acquired in closed session must not be disclosed, absent authorization from the legislative body. As for mandatory disclosure, with respect to pending litigation, the body must disclose a decision to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Temecula Residents Sue School Board and its President for First Amendment and Brown Act Violations

    […] meeting." "Californians have the right to attend public meetings concerning policies that impact their families, especially their child’s education," said Jonathan Markovitz, Free Expression and Access to Government staff attorney at the ACLU SoCal. "TVUSD Board President Komrosky has consistently violated that right by inappropriately expelling people from school board meetings." The lawsuit asks […]

    December 22, 2023

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    Apple is right: the order requiring it to create code to defeat iPhone security is “coerced speech” forbidden by the 1st Amdt

    BY PETER SCHEER---The court battle between the FBI and Apple presents an important first amendment issue: whether the government can force a company to engage in expression—to wit, the writing of computer code—-that the company not only objects to, but views as inimical to its interests and its customers’ interests. Apple claims that this […]

    March 7, 2016

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    FAC Sues Bakersfield For Open Meetings, Records Violations

    […] asserting the city had not violated the law. The city also failed to produce the documents FAC requested. The FAC-Cal Aware lawsuit followed. "The public can’t hold their government accountable unless they know what their government is doing," Snyder said. "We’re going to make sure they do." +++ Attorney Kelly Aviles of Los Angeles is […]

    December 22, 2017