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    CPRA School Records

    Charter schools and the CPRA

    Are California Charter Schools considered a California State agency and subject to the California Public Records Act?

    June 14, 2009

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    Amici Briefs Digest – March 2018

    […] the issue of whether the mere existence of probable cause to arrest an individual defeats that individual’s ability to bring a First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against the government--i.e., a lawsuit alleging that the government retaliated against the individual for exercising free-expression rights protected under the First Amendment.  FAC joined an amicus by the National […]

    March 7, 2018

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    Brown Act School Records

    State Agency I worked for is denying my records’ request, but documents do exist!

    […] of California. I lost my job and I am trying to get information on a program administered by my employer. This program is funded by the Federal government. I am being met with resistance because the Public Request officer is simply forwarding my request to my former supv/mgr, and she claims that the documents/information […]

    September 13, 2013

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    Free speech, a free press, and the public’s right to know are essential to engaged and informed communities.

    June 11, 2024

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    US Supreme Court ‘government speech’ rulings should curb government misuse of anti-SLAPP laws

    BY PETER SCHEER--Does the first amendment apply to government speech? In recent decisions, the Supreme Court has answered that question in the negative.  Constitutional free speech protections apply to people (and corporations and other private legal entities), but they do not limit or regulate governmental speech, the Court declared. The implications of this doctrine […]

    December 22, 2015

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    Conservatives’ faith in local government is misplaced: The closer government is to the people, the more government is controlled by special interests.

    […] PETER SCHEER -- In America today, conservatism's one clear fault line, cutting across cultural and socioeconomic schisms, aligns conservatives based on their views about the relationship between government and its citizens. On one side are born-again libertarians, like supporters of perpetual presidential candidate Ron Paul. Believing that governmental power and personal freedom are always […]

    May 3, 2012

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    Brown Act

    When does a non-profit fall under the Brown Act?

    If a city establishes an Association and it is registered as a nonprofit under 501(c)(6) does that Association fall under the Brown Act? If the Association does receive monies from the City under an Assessment is the Association under the Brown Act? If the Association establishes a new organization and is registered as a […]

    July 31, 2013

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    Brown Act

    The Brown Act and Charter Schools

    […] public charter school has elected eight people to their Board of Directors this year. This is a public charter school. It is also a 501.c.3 non-profit corporation. The board of directors is self-selecting, self-electing. Each time a person was elected to the board, either as an interim officer (Treasurer) or as a new board […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Writer denied access to coroner’s report on 1947 Black Dahlia case

    I am researching the 'Black Dahlia' murder in California in 1947. I have asked the LAPD for its file on this case, which has been refused under section 6254(f) of the CPRA. The FBI and DA have disclosed their files on the case (the FBI with heavy redactions).The LA County Coroner's Office refuses to disclose […]

    June 10, 2015