Know your rights when protesting in public space
We are a group of people who want our public beach to be safe for pedestrians. When we go onto…
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We are a group of people who want our public beach to be safe for pedestrians. When we go onto…
To comply with the Brown Act, our City Council has separate Oral Communication periods; there are periods for Agenda Items,…
We have been told by a small-community postmaster, and a higher-up in a regional office, that we cannot photograph the…
I have been served with a restraining order for comments that I posted to a website. The plaintiff’s justification is…
I would like to know if cities which maintain bulletin boards, kiosks and other posting places may regulate the content…
May a local water district, subject to the Brown Act, allowed a director to participate telephonically where the remote site…
Are letters submitted to city council pertaining to an agenda item which contain obvious defamation and libel against a private…
My issue is in the stakeholder councils”, i.e. “neighborhood councils” (see www.freedomadvocates.org for background).
I have attempted to post some…
The manager of an apartment complex where a murder has occurred wants to deny our reporters access to tenants. We…
As an appraiser in a county Assessor’s office, I made public non-confidential elements of property records showing conflicts of interest,…