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    Newsgathering

    Can police videotape me in my home without consent?

    Can the police videotape interactions with the public without the public's consent? Not just in public, where there may be less of an expectation of privacy, but when they enter an apartment or home (permissive entry), and they do not ask permission to videotape but do so anyway with hidden video cameras?

    December 2, 2011

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    Brown Act

    Charter board meetings flout Brown Act rules

    […] hold special meetings, with limited notice on just any subject? Can they go into closed session and report out publicly that no action was taken, then order the CEO to do what was decided in the closed session? Can a vote be taken to approve signature of a disclosure filing that contains conflict of […]

    June 8, 2011

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    First Amendment

    Can businesses ban Google Glass?

    Can businesses ban customers from wearing Google Glass while on their premises? So, not simply banning video recording, but the actual wearing of the device.

    August 15, 2014

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    City Council allowing presentation not on the agenda

    At our last City Council meeting our mayor personally invited a federal government agent to speak during our public comment session, although this presentation was not on the agenda.  Our mayor allowed him to speak over the allowed three minute time period and  allowed City Council members to ask questions of this man, but […]

    August 24, 2011

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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    City gone wild with continual Brown Act and CPRA violations

    At last night’s city council meeting one city councilperson was censored by having his microphone turned off in the middle of his public comments. He was talking about how the city has lost millions [like the city of Bell] and given away millions more as favors to certain council and city staff friends. Actions […]

    May 16, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Closed door meetings benefitted labor union at cost of public tidelands

    After holding closed door negotiations with a public coalition that included the local union, the Port of San Diego announced  a hotel development deal that included a Project Labor Agreement with the union.  The development will be build on public tidelands, which sacrifices the Port Master Plan-designated parkland.  Were the extensive secret labor negotiations legal?

    November 15, 2011

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    CPRA School Records

    School district denies all complaint related CPRA requests

    […] filed, when a complaint meeting or hearing is scheduled, and when a decision or ruling is made." Allegations via the above code were filed against our family by parents involved in targeting and harassing our 7-year-old autistic son. The district did not notify us of these allegations, so we filed a public records request […]

    May 21, 2013

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    CPRA

    Am I allowed to make my own copies instead of paying the agency fees?

    A local government agency has allowed me to inspect public records per a PRA request, but refuses to allow me to make copies at my own expense. Instead they maintain the position that my rights end at inspection and I would need to pay them to make any copies. Are you aware of any […]

    September 14, 2011