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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Governing Boards with Public Funds

    I would like to know if governing Boards for co-ops that use public funds fall into the jurisdiction of the Brown Act or the Bagley-Keen open meeting act?  If so how the Brown Act applies to these governing bodies?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA FOIA

    Hospital Records

    In October 2007 I contracted HA-MRSA during which was to be routine back surgery. I exhibited signs, that if the nurses had followed up, I would have not been discharged and would have avoided me 2 surgeries an additional  hospital stay and continuation of home IV therapy. It is hard to find an attorney […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CFAC protests new legislation curbing access to government mapping data

    […] CA 95814 RE: Oppose AB 1978 Dear Assemblyman Solorio: On behalf of the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC), an organization dedicated to freedom of information and open government, I write to oppose your AB 1978 as a misguided attempt to convert public information---paid for by California taxpayers and belonging to all California citizens---into a […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Blog

    Recent court decisions transform legal tools for protecting free speech into an instrument for the suppression of the public’s speech and access rights

    […] legal Frankenstein’s monster. In doing so, they have turned a law designed to protect the public’s exercise of free speech and petition rights into a tool for government suppression of those rights. The decisions in Holbrook v. City of Santa Monica and Californians Aware v. Orange Unified School District both arise from the efforts […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Cases Press Release

    Foreign media at Olympics urged to press home governments to demand China lift internet censorship

    […] on news media covering the Olympics to demand that China tear down "The Great Firewall"--the elaborate system of filters blocking access to online content deemed objectionable by government censors. The California First Amendment Coalition, which has petitioned the US Trade Representative to contest China's censorship as a restraint on international commerce that violates free […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    Are School Board Committee Meetings Subject to the Brown Act?

    […] board meeting, prior to the change to board member qualifications was made. Again, told there were no records responsive to my request. The elections committee was appointed by the governing board, and consisted of two governing board members, and an administrative employee (who was a board member when appointed, but then resigned from the […]

    February 6, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act allow closed session negotiations for all public school contracts?

    Does the Brown Act allow a publicly elected school board to hold closed session discussion under Government Code 54957 (Public Employee Appointment/Employment) and 54957.6 (Labor Negotiations) regarding the appointment and pay structure of a Director of Curriculum to the position of Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. Both positions are administrative positions that report directly to […]

    July 19, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How can I find out if a non-profit is cooking the books?

    I'm pretty sure a 501(c) 3 in San Francisco is cooking its books. For example, claiming on their 990 that a certain program cost $50,000 when I think it's more like $500. Can I demand their receipts under a FOIA request? Is there a reward for discovering and proving such scammers?

    May 21, 2015

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    CPRA

    Is the list of employees taking voluntary buyouts a public document?

    […] than a few names (for people I might quote), but if the document is public, I shouldn’t have to make such a promise. The hospital is owned by district residents who pay the hospital an assessment through their property taxes --it's about 1 percent of the hospital's budget. They have a publicly elected board […]

    August 27, 2010