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This concerns a California Public Records Act request I recently made to a Police Department, and the response I got…
I was just trying to find out if I have any rights to see my own personal file in New…
Is there a legal requirement that a Community College in California post Minutes for their Board, Special and Committee Meetings…
I’m a federal whistleblower who’s been shut out of a local board of supervisors public meeting due to the COVID-19…
I live in a large community governed by a Home Owners’ Association (HOA). It recently passed a regulation that restricts…
How does a member of the public know if matters taken up in the closed session portion of a meeting…
We work with a number of local water boards. Community Service Districts and Public Utility Districts. which are required to…
Recently Facebook removed a comment I made on my account and warned me about “hate speech.” This is a real…
You would think that Community Action Agencies (nonprofit 501c3) would be subject to the Brown Act since they were created…
We have depositions from a 1994 California case with selected content we would like to use for a report. I…