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    Brown Act

    Charter schools and the Brown Act

     I'm writing a piece about charter school transparency requirements and want to make sure I understand the requirements for them to be subject to the Brown Act. Looking at A&A about charters it looks like a publicly-funded charter school is not subject to the Brown Act if there is no one on the governing board of […]

    June 1, 2016

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    CPRA

    City Council Is Proposing to Order Police to “Resist” PRA Requests

    […] the First Amendment. The most recent proposal is to order the police to "resist" public records act requests for certain booking photos. The local journalist here is st anding pretty much alone. My interest is only concerned citizen. I just looking for the ammunition to be an involved citizen, and resist the order to resist.

    May 17, 2019

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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Unposted Supporting Documents and Public Comment on those Documents

    […] the meeting, this item was posted.  The "findings of fact" that support the item were not.  These "findings" were not made available to the public until one and a half hours before the meeting.  In fact one of the supervisors complained about not receiving the "findings" until early that morning. My husband was the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog Events

    First Amendment panel finds promise, pitfalls in social media

    […] with Care: Journalists and Social Media," prominent Southern California media attorney Kelli Sager suggests that journalists put nothing up on social media that they wouldn't put in newspapers or broadcast since you create a public record when you go on Facebook or Twitter. "It's not private," she said. "It is easy to find even […]

    November 3, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    A Group of City Council Staffers Can Constitute a Serial Meeting, too

    […] members of the staff of the three councilmen who make up that committee. However, we were told that only one staff member could attend, because any more would make it a violation of the Brown Act. Is it correct that meetings of elected officials' staff members subject to the open meetings provisions of the act?

    July 13, 2010

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    Police Records

    Can A Request for A Code Enforcement Complaint Be Denied?

    […] to ask for a copy of the complaint and was told to submit a public records request, which I did. They rejected the request because it's an open case. Is that justified? The woman gave me a copy of the complaint, which I'm quoting in my story along with the name of the code […]

    January 26, 2018

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    Brown Act

    Is a weekly Rotary Club meeting a “Social or Ceremonial” event governed by the Brown Act?

    […] the legislative body, the Brown Act might nevertheless be implicated. Holme Roberts & Owen 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.

    August 20, 2010

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    Brown Act

    School board offered settlement based on bad information; how can I set the record straight?

    […] a settlement agreement with a six-figure employee who we terminated. The settlement was designed to make the costs related to the termination finite. I supported the termination and opposed the settlement for a variety of reasons. It has come to light today, that a significant incorrect fact was given to us in closed session […]

    February 20, 2012

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC sues Auburn for council members’ business emails sent from private email accounts. Suit also challenges email deletion policy.

    FAC--A new suit filed by the First Amendment Coalition claims that city officials' emails about government business are public records even though they were sent or received on the officials' personal email accounts. The suit, against the city of Auburn and Auburn's City Council, also challenges the city's policy--similar to that of many California […]

    June 11, 2012