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CPRA

Can criminal background checks on county candidates be kept confidential?

[…] on other officeholders nor does it plan to start doing them for all candidates. It did, however, conduct such a check in 1989 when it last made an appointment to the clerk-recorder position. Is the county's interpretation correct? Can the county keep the results of a background check on a person holding elected office confidential?

May 1, 2013
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Brown Act CPRA

Board Conducting Public’s Business Via Private Emails

June 24, 2010
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Google’s Antitrust Wrist Slap Is Right Result for Wrong Reason. Right Reason: Google Search Results are Protected Speech

January 7, 2013
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Brown Act

Barring the Media from recording an Open Meeting

June 14, 2009
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CFAC sponsors bill to prevent agencies from using anti-SLAPP law to deter citizens' open-gov suits
June 2, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Is crime victim entitled to see investigation records?

October 26, 2010
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First Amendment

In Texas, town hall meeting nixed videotaping

August 1, 2011
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FAC News Press Release

Ginny LaRoe Named as FAC’s Programs and Outreach Director

The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the appointment of Ginny LaRoe, a veteran reporter and editor with substantial experience in legal affairs news, as FAC’s Programs and Outreach Director. LaRoe spent more than a decade on staff at newspapers in five states, primarily focused on the criminal justice system and local government. […]

July 29, 2019
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FAC opposes bill that would weaken open-meetings protections
- Public Meetings
June 3, 2024
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CPRA

Records request denied due to “deliberative process privilege”

My city is claiming "deliberative process privilege" in redacting the planning director appointment calendar. I'm wondering if there have been any successful challenges to the deliberative process privilege since Schwarzenegger's refusal to turn over appt calendars for two aides citing this privilege?

June 6, 2013