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    CPRA

    Request for sheriff’s homeless policy leads to trouble

    […] the following documents regarding homeless and/or transient people, people sleeping or camping outside,and/or people sitting on public sidewalks: Documents setting forth guidelines, policies, practices or standards used by the sheriff's department regarding homeless and/or transient persons; Documents regarding and/or generated by sheriff's department in their publicly stated campaign to clean-up "illegal camping" sites which […]

    March 30, 2010

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    Brown Act

    School board closed session “under the guise of labor negotiations.”

    Our Unified School District is always walking a very fine line when it comes to the Brown Act. At the last Board of Trustees meeting, the superintendent stated, and three trustees confirmed, that the district has come up with a plan to tackle the multimillion-dollar shortfall it's expecting for the next school year. The superintendent […]

    February 20, 2015

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    Brown Act

    Can Police Chief sit on dais at a Police Commission meeting

     My question: The Police Commission has the unfortunate practice of allowing the Chief of Police to sit on the dais with them when they meet. What I'm wondering is, is it legal for him to remain empaneled with them when they go into "closed session" (i.e. secret meeting where members of the public are told […]

    January 12, 2016

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    First Amendment

    Threatened with Libel Suit for Email I Wrote Discussing Candidates

    […] to her lawyer. Current officials/candidates were coerced to condemn and shame me. I feel my First Amendment rights were abridged when she used her public influence and government officials to silence and condemn me. I have no form of social media. I don't know how my email was intercepted. I feel I should have […]

    February 16, 2018

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    First Amendment

    Do we have the right to exercise 1st Amendment rights on shopping mall properties?

    […] need to know if freedom of expression is a first amendment right on shopping mall properties They all tell me they are private property.  How can they be private property with the public running all over it? I thought the law federal and state says first amendment can't be restricted in any way restriction deprives us of our right to free […]

    May 31, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Brown Act and statute of limitations

    […] the legislative body fails to correct the action within the requisite time period, you must file the lawsuit within 15 days. Please see the provisions of California Government Code 54960.1 regarding the particulars of the timeline.Alternatively, you can seek an injunction/declaration for the purpose of stopping or preventing violations or threatened violations under California […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Has the Brown Act changed to allow votes on items not on agenda?

    At its last meeting, City Council members were told by the city attorney that the city no longer has to abide by some of the provisions of the Brown Act. He was citing the city's ability to vote on an issue that was not on the agenda, telling them it was OK.  Has the Brown […]

    March 22, 2015

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    First Amendment Newsgathering Police Records

    How much detail about the incident, offense, or arrest is the public entitled to under the law?

    I'm a journalist who filed a request for police reports with the Police Department, seeking information about certain incidents and arrests involving stolen firearms. When the records officer called me to clarify what kind of information I was seeking, I told her I wished to receive basic information — such time, date, location, etc. […]

    May 25, 2018

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    FOIA

    Can TSA deny company public information under FOIA?

    […] has been in airports, where we forecast TSA wait times at the top 100 US airports. In fact, the results have been good enough to be adopted by airlines, search engines and others as the industry standard. To do this we worked with many stakeholders, TSA being one of them. TSA provided us public, […]

    August 11, 2014