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    Brown Act

    Can the City Council ban non-disruptive clapping by audience members?

    […] Conduct) to disallow clapping of any sort after a Public Forum speaker has spoken to a subject. The public was advised they would be removed by the POLICE if they continued to clap. The excuse is "civility" but many of us think it is more about minimizing the impact of speakers disagreeing with city […]

    April 14, 2015

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    CPRA

    Does the CPRA cover private entities that do work for government?

    I am a reporter  working on a story about a recent dog shooting by a police officer although animal control officers say they had the situation under control.  Reports were filed by both Humane Society animal control officers on  the scene when the dog was tasered and shot by the officer.  I understand one […]

    March 6, 2014

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    First Amendment Newsgathering

    The DA gives information to other media, but refuses to make it available to our newspaper

    […] analyzed discriminatory treatment of the press under both the First Amendment and the equal protection clause. City officials had denied reporters for an underground newspaper access to police files generally available to other reporters. After finding that the action violated the First Amendment, the court addressed the equal protection issue: "No showing merely of […]

    August 20, 2010

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    Court Records First Amendment

    Can a Newspaper Be Held Liable For How it Described Court Documents in a Story?

    We have a question about properly citing Court documents in one of our articles. We ran a story based on court documents and police reports. One of the defendants contacted us saying that we "defamed" him in our article by writing that he had been "convicted" of the crime. His argument is that he […]

    October 30, 2020

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    Court Records

    Is It Legal to Publish Personal Information Found in Court Documents?

    […] of rape victims' identities, reflected in § 794.03, was undercut by the Department's failure to abide by this policy. Where, as here, the government has failed to police itself in disseminating information, it is clear under Cox Broadcasting[and other cases]that the imposition of damages against the press for its subsequent publication can hardly be […]

    April 21, 2022

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    CPRA

    How Do I Determine If The Documents I Need Are Accessible By Making A CPRA Request?

    […] hand, do not post such information on their website.  In these situations, I typically either address the request to the agency head (e.g., the sheriff or the police chief), or, if known, to the head of the agency department that is in possession of the records I am seeking.  Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP […]

    January 14, 2020

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Stripped of First Amendment Rights By City Council

    […] also condemned the homosexuals in the room. Christianity is often condemned by others with no results, but this time, the Mayor interrupted me and then summoned the police to escort me out of the chambers. The city is now considering filing a restraining order against me to prevent me from coming to City Hall […]

    December 4, 2018