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Newsgathering

How do I protect rape victims in my reporting?

I've recently been confronted with how terrible journalistic protocol is around telling the stories of rape and assault survivors. The nature of the crimes committed against them mean that they're often uncorroborated or unwitnessed and the hostile environment of the internet means that victims who come forward at all are hounded. Is there a […]

February 11, 2017
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Brown Act

Water Board repeatedly violates Brown Act

I recently attended a meeting of a publicly-elected Water Board. There were three Brown Act violations during the meeting. One of the violations was attempted and the attorney for the Board interrupted the Board and informed them that they were in violation of the Brown Act. Subsequently, this same Board held an opening of […]

December 31, 2010
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Brown Act

Can new board members ask for past closed session update?

I am a newly elected school board member. Our upcoming agenda will contain a closed session item that has also been discussed in closed session prior to my appointment. Can I ask the staff and board members who participated in the prior closed session to divulge what was discussed then?

February 20, 2011
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Brown Act

Public comment time limit changed without notice

At a recent Planning Commission public hearing, we were told in the agenda and online that we would be given up to three minutes to speak. Right before public comments were heard, the chair said we’d be given only two minutes without any explanation. It says in the agenda he can change the time […]

September 7, 2011
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Court Records

CA Supreme Court denied my petition and I demand the right to know why

[…] case law of CA court districts yet it was denied. The case raised issues of public corruption, misappropriation of taxpayer funds, and conspiracy to violate federal law by local officials of several counties in California, yet it was denied. As a citizen, I demand my Constitutional right to access to public documents citing the […]

April 13, 2012
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First Amendment Social Media

Blocked and Bullied by City Council Member

There has been an ongoing battle to maintain my First Amendment right in City Council to testify against policies that I feel are unjust. In March, the Council voted unanimously to keep me and others out of City Council hearings should they deem it necessary. In their votes, both a commissioner and the mayor […]

January 26, 2018
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Brown Act

Public Official Event Attendance and Public Notice

[…] industries such as Real Estate, Insurance and Mortgage Brokers would be allowed. As a new business owner in the community who rents a space in a building owned by the city, I was not notified of the meeting or the proposed action. I attended the meeting after receiving an email from a personal friend who […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

Public Comment at meetings, Campaigning, and Freedom of Speech

May a legislative body prevent members of the public speaking during the public comments agenda item from blatantly campaigning for or against a candidate for that body? I believe that that type of discussion is "not a matter subject to the body's jurisdiction." I also believe that such comments at such a meeting are […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Proprietary information in the public record

[…] reminded the task force that it was subject to the Brown Act. I recorded the public meetings on video, and uploaded to YouTube part of a presentation by a consultant for Taser Intl., given at one of the meetings. Now YouTube has removed the video, as a result of a third-party claim of copyright […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Passing out flyers in front of a public school

Is it permissible to pass out flyers on the sidewalk in front of a public school? We are passing out flyers about our school in front of local public schools. Consistently, the principals tell us that this is not permissible. It is my understanding that we are allowed to do this as long as […]

June 14, 2009