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    First Amendment Protest Rights

    Each year police place greater limitations on my annual protest

    In October of 2012 I conducted a month long protest at the Capitol in Sacramento. I was arrested immediately because I did not have a permit, held for five hours and then never charged. They gave me a permit when I got out of jail and, though I had to follow several special conditions, […]

    October 18, 2013

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    Brown Act

    Agenda items failed to mention a parcel tax as part of ballot measure

    […] was to have happened to have attended the meeting (without any notice or indication that this matter would be discussed) or to read the brief story written by an Oakland Trib reporter which has since mysteriously vanished from the website. d. We were only alerted to the retreat discussion by the news article, which […]

    October 23, 2013

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    CPRA

    Withholding “Requests for Proposals” from the public

    […] released an RFP (Request for Proposals) some months ago. Two vendors responded but omitted required DVBE (Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise participation so their proposals were not reviewed. The commission canceled the solicitation and has now put up a new one. Their response as to why they cannot show the old RFP's: "Because the solicitation […]

    June 5, 2010

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    How much can I spend advertising against a ballot measure?

    […] that expenditures must be reported once specified monetary thresholds are reached. Governor Gray Davis Com. v. American Taxpayers Alliance, 102 Cal. App. 4th 449, 461 (2002). Under Government Code § 82013, a "committee" is defined as "any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions […]

    July 7, 2010

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    CPRA

    Are jail visitor sign-in logs public documents?

    Does the public have the right to inspect jail visitor sign-in logs in California? I've been told no, but seen court rulings in other states that lead me to think this may be inaccurate. Thank you!

    November 17, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Can A Public Official Interrupt A Speaker During Public Comment Time?

    […] the Supervisor's outburst seemed to me to be an attempt discredit my very valid comments. In addition, it is my perception the Supervisor's outburst was to intimidate me from any further public comment regarding the subject. Can you offer me any assistance whether such actions by the Supervisor have violated in anyway the Brown Act?

    May 30, 2018

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    CPRA

    Are Emails Between Political Officials and Third Parties a Public Record in California?

    I recently tried to access email communications between a current elected city official and a former elected city official over a local project that's being funded by public funds. The city responded to my requests, but only with publicly accessible information, essentially amounting to a refusal. Reasons included: the information in these emails was […]

    March 30, 2020

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    Brown Act

    Videotaped of open meeting and reproduction

    […] weeks of each other. I submitted the request well before 30 days had passed from the first meeting, and before the minutes had been transcribed or approved by the board (in fact, the minutes have not yet been published or approved, as the next meeting is 4 days from today). I have been told […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Records involving peace officers

    […] some items I have not heard about yet. I was denied on the following items:1) List of the positions (job titles), basic responsibilities, and site locations held by Lt. [X] during his entire employ at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.2) List of training sessions Lt. [X} has attended since January 1, 2000 - […]

    June 14, 2009