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Brown Act

Does the CA legislature have an open meeting law?

It seems like neither the Brown Act nor Bagley-Keene applies to the CA legislature. What law governs the process through which the CA legislature, including committees, considers laws and informs the public of opportunity to comment at hearings. And are there laws that prevent a committee for adding a last-minute amendment (without notice) to […]

December 17, 2014
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First Amendment

Can an individual publish a legal notice in a newspaper??

Is there any legal reason why an individual would not be allowed to place a paid legal notice in a newspaper? The content is to inform the public about a woman being unlawfully tormented and hunted in the judicial system.

May 17, 2013
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Brown Act

Who is allowed to sit in on closed sessions regarding hiring?

Is a Current County CEO appointed by a Board of Supervisors allowed to sit in on the closed door meeting of interviewing new CEO candidates when 3 of the 6 inside candidates from the County work in the CEO'S Office. While this may be legal it is very troublesome because of power the current […]

December 31, 2010
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Brown Act

When should “anticipated litigation” be agendized?

[…] made public two years later in April 2012. During that time, the only notice on the City Council Agenda was "Significant Exposure to Litigation Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9B) (1 Anticipated Case)" which reoccurred from time to time. Since the IRS already knew about their threat of litigation and since public knowledge of […]

February 3, 2014
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Social Media

Are Facebook comments protected speech?

[…] comments "could have" had a negative effect on where I worked. At least four of those "friends"commented on my status and/or participated in discussion of my complaints. The information was brought to the attention of my employer and I was immediately terminated. I am wondering if they had justifiable reason to terminate my position […]

June 8, 2012
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Brown Act

Denied right to have job termination discussed in open meeting

[…] fired from my job at the Community College District. I requested an open session for the appeal to the Board for my termination and was denied. I made three requests in writing, all of which were denied by the District. I believe it is my right to an open session according to the Brown Act.

August 2, 2011
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FOIA

Does Excessive Redaction of FOIA Requested Documents Constitute Censorship?

I have received a FOIA response with 50 percent of the content redacted, which constitutes excessive censorship. U.S. General Services Administration is not a DoD agency nor an intelligence agency. Therefore, GSA excessive redaction rendering the received FOIA response illegible and useless.

February 27, 2018
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First Amendment Police Records

What is legality of reporting on contents of leaked documents?

I have obtained leaked documents that appear to have been stolen from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee related to the upcoming congressional races. The documents have not been made public. I do not intend to post the actual documents or any personal information (phone numbers, etc) but there are conversations in the documents that I […]

November 8, 2016
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First Amendment

Where can we legally hold a protest?

I have a small group that would like to do a small Black Friday protest that would be focused on expressing gratitude and inviting passers- by to do the same (probably via posters, video messages, and large white boards) as an alternative to consumerism. I would like to know where we can protest. We […]

December 20, 2011
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Newsgathering

Does Ohio law allow videotaping of council meetings?

[…] visit my local council meetings and digitally record them on my computer. This seemed to have made a certain councilman angry. My question is, that I consider the act of recording a public council meeting and then airing portions of them on my show to completely legal. Is this legal? And can I also […]

August 23, 2011