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    CPRA

    Costs soar for City Council meeting DVDs

    […] That is, 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, the agency is permitted to pass on the actual cost of the blank DVD. (It is not uncommon and not improper for agencies to require that […]

    September 5, 2011

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    Social Media

    Facebook community target of a self-proclaimed “troll army”

    […] so they can all flock there and essentially shut down the site with verbal abuse and annoying, irrelevant pictures. They have also been known befriend "enemy" page administrators in order to get admin privileges, which they then use to trash the page. Is there anything the victims of these trolls can do to convince […]

    November 13, 2014

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    Brown Act

    Engaged couple running for school board a conflict of interest?

    […] intermediaries, to discuss, deliberate, or take action on any item of business that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body." Govt. Code § 54952.2(emphasis added) . Presumptively, the two board members could discuss board business over dinner, then relate that information to other board members.As soon as a "majority" of board […]

    July 7, 2010

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    Brown Act

    City Councilmembers texting each other while deliberating

    […] serial meetings that you might find helpful as you analyze the situation in Pomona. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC 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.

    July 10, 2014

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    Brown Act School Records

    State Agency I worked for is denying my records’ request, but documents do exist!

    I used to work for the State of California. I lost my job and I am trying to get information on a program administered by my employer. This program is funded by the Federal government. I am being met with resistance because the Public Request officer is simply forwarding my request to my former […]

    September 13, 2013

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    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    Charter schools and the CPRA

    […] when the minutes were approved from past meetings. It has now been more than two weeks and I do not have the minutes, and they have not been added to the website. I would like to know if an attorney could write a letter for me to remind the school to publish these public documents […]

    July 26, 2013

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    Brown Act

    Decision Reached By County Supervisors Without A Public Meeting

    […] department.  After receiving several thousand signatures, the results, broken out by supervisorial district, were sent to each county supervisor. One supervisor replied that these matters have been addressed. "Therefore, neither I nor my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors believe an independent audit is warranted." This may be a stretch, but it appears that […]

    February 21, 2018