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    2007 FAC Awards: CFAC Names Six Award Winners, One Big Loser

    […] right to interview California prisoners, to increase access to public records and to improve open meeting laws. CFAC is an award-winning, nonprofit public interest organization dedicated to advancing free speech, more open and accountable government, and public participation in civic affairs. CFAC's activities include strategic litigation to enhance First Amendment rights for the largest […]

    June 3, 2009

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    1st Amendment fallout from Peter Thiel’s bankrolling of Hogan suit against Gawker

    […] Gawker---or more precisely, the role of billionaire Peter Thiel, who financed the litigation even though he was not a party in the case and had no legal standing to be one. From the transcript: "I’m afraid that the legacy of the Gawker suit will be that journalists everywhere are not quite sure what went […]

    August 20, 2016

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    CPRA

    Fees for “compiling” digital documents at UC?

    […] other words, the agency is permitted to charge for staff time spent in performing the copying, but not the searching for or retrieval of the records. In addition, if the agency gives you the records on a CD or some other tangible recording device, it is permitted to pass on the actual cost of […]

    May 15, 2012

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    Brown Act CPRA

    School Board Agenda Packets Availability

    […] pick up board packets that are sent to the trustees Friday. Up to now, it hasn't been a problem. I've picked them up Monday. This week, I asked them to give me the packet Friday because I'm not going to be around next week. So far they have refused.  What is my legal standing here?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    CA Police Deny CPRA Request on Six-Month Old Case

    Made Request for records under 6257(f) as the "authorized representative"of a victim and police are claiming disclosure would "endanger successful completion" of six-month-old investigation. No objection re standing or anything else just the investigation exemption. They refuse to articulate how disclosure would endanger. Can't find any case law on this exemption.

    April 11, 2018

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    Brown Act

    What does Brown Act say about board members’ having secret affair?

    […] chain from one member to another -- of a majority of the board members. So unless there are only three members of the board, or of a standing committee of the board on which they both serve, it is unlikely that any action by just two of the members will implicate the Brown Act. […]

    January 9, 2013

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    Brown Act

    Public comment vs. speaking on agenda item

    I sit on a local municipal advisory committee and some time ago we added a standing item to our agendas entitled "Committee Reports" so that council members who sit on these committees or work groups can report out. There are four such reports listed at the end of our agenda. At the beginning of […]

    September 27, 2011

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    First Amendment

    Free speech “cornered” in downtown park

    When I led a petition drive against a school board, I wanted to set up in the downtown park.  I was told by the downtown workers that I had to stand in a corner of the park away from the public. It has been a while since this but it is still going on. Protesting […]

    April 27, 2010