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SacBee calls for more transparency in compensation agreements with public employee unions

[…] compensation contracts between municipalities and public employee unions. The editorial cites an article by CFAC's executive director. Here's the SacBee editorial: ----- Editorial: Let public in on government labor deals Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Peter Scheer, who heads the California First Amendment Coalition, has a novel idea: End the secrecy […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 2, 2009
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Locy and Risen cases renew debate over protecting journalists’ confidential sources

[…] bioterrorism expert whom federal investigators suspected was behind the anthrax mailings that killed five people. Hatfill, who has never been charged for those crimes, sued the federal government claiming that the Justice Department and FBI, by leaking to the press information about their suspicions of him, violated his rights under the federal Privacy Act. […]
- Press Freedom
June 3, 2009
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The dark side of ‘sunshining’ government data online

[…] sets becoming available, and entrepreneurs building thousands of innovative applications. Then the ill-considered race to slash the Federal deficit started. The Obama Administration agreed to cut e- government initiative funding from $35 million to $8 million. Never mind that Kundra’s programs had already saved taxpayers $3 billion over the past two years. But were […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 29, 2011
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First Amendment

Can teacher lose job if student-survey questions school board policy?

[…] pupil to disciplinary sanctions solely on the basis of conduct that is speech or other communication that, when engaged in outside of the campus, is protected from governmental restriction by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Section 2 of Article I of the California Constitution." Educ. Code section 48950(a). Moreover, a […]

June 5, 2010
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Media Leak Investigations and the First Amendment

[…] development praised by press-freedom groups. The following live panel discussion took place days before the memo was released. Journalists’ ability to protect confidential sources and keep the government from accessing their unpublished notes and other communications records is key to newsgathering and a core part of press freedom. That’s why recent revelations that the U.S. Justice […]
- Press Freedom
August 13, 2024
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CPRA

Records request denied due to ongoing investigation

[…] retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics," Gov't Code section 6252(e) -- are presumed to be open to the public and must be disclosed unless a specific provision of the Act or other law exempts them from disclosure. The first question, therefore, is whether any "writing" exists pertaining […]

June 5, 2010
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CPRA

DA Office Complaint Records

[…] those records. Under the CPRA, records in the possession of public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's enumerated exceptions to disclosure applies. Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows law enforcement agencies to withhold, among other things, records of complaints and investigatory records. […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment Social Media

Prof worried about free-speech rights regarding Facebook post

The First Amendment, with some exceptions, generally prevents the government from limiting citizens’ speech. Employers, with some exceptions, generally have the ability to limit what their employees can say on behalf of the company or while engaged in work functions. Thus, an interesting dynamic is generated when, as in your situation, the government is […]

February 22, 2015
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Brown Act First Amendment

Do we have a right to show video of pro tem judge making mockery of a serious safety matter?

[…] of the video without running afoul of the rule against content-based restrictions. Bryan Cave 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.

March 26, 2012
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How much can I spend advertising against a ballot measure?

[…] that expenditures must be reported once specified monetary thresholds are reached. Governor Gray Davis Com. v. American Taxpayers Alliance, 102 Cal. App. 4th 449, 461 (2002). Under Government Code § 82013, a "committee" is defined as "any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions […]

July 7, 2010