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    Brown Act

    Council Meetings On Zoom Have Increased Brown Act Violations During The Public Comment Period

    […] Brown Act violations due to the way the council has been conducting the meetings. The hot topic has been the current proposed city budget which they've had for the past three months and finally released to the community three weeks before the supposed deadline. Now that they've been using Zoom for the meetings, the […]

    April 21, 2022

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    Blog Cases

    FAC suit against San Diego yields previously secret records on police use of invasive cell phone surveillance tool

    […] the vicinity to transmit information revealing their owners and the phones' exact location. In 2015 FAC filed a public records suit against the San Diego Police Department for access to records about the department’s use of the Stingray. Records released recently as part of that lawsuit reveal the complete text of previously-secret nondisclosure agreements […]

    February 2, 2016

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    Brown Act School Records

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

    I used to work for the State 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 […]

    September 13, 2013

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    Brown Act

    Cure and correct Brown Act violations

    […] city and county planners that these are 'staff meetings' and that the public is not allowed access. The planners did hold one public workshop with ballots ( for weighting the criteria) but said that our ballots would be counted only if we signed them. What recourse do we have and can we insist that […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Request Denials, No Documentation

    […] in their sale of the building in question they had begun the CEQA process, and again all I get from the Clerk is "I have no documentation on that." Do I, as a member of the public, have the right to know in one form or another the business and legal transactions my City initiates?

    June 14, 2009

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    The author of requested emails assigned to fulfill PRA request

    I requested information regarding communications of someone who works directly for our County and also is on our City Council. The County Administrator gave her the PRA request and is allowing her to fulfill it herself. Is this legal? I requested emails to a certain person from her.

    August 5, 2011

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    Brown Act CPRA

    City-Funded Committees with Non-Public Official Member

    […] information you're seeking.  Under the PRA, records maintained or owned by public agencies are presumed to be open to public inspection unless one of the Act's specific exemptions applies.  Since it sounds like your oral and email discussions with the city are going nowhere, you might want to send a formal letter request, asking […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

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

    […] couple of years have spoken in opposition to City Council policy and actions. I believe the implementation of the policy by the City Council is in violation of the First Amendment. The interpretation is not balanced and allows for clapping for certain events which the City Council supports. Can you suggest a course of action?

    April 14, 2015

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    Blog

    Hillary’s email problem: A crucial lesson for government officials everywhere

    BY PETER SCHEER--Across the country literally thousands of state and local political officials, from governors to local school superintendents, use their personal email accounts for sending and receiving messages about government business. Hardly surprising. All public officials support government transparency in the abstract, but when it comes to their own communications, most opt for […]

    March 17, 2015

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    Blog

    Transcript: Protest & Pushback

    […] Fueled by rights afforded by the First Amendment, the country experienced an historic uprising not seen since the Civil Rights era of the 1960s. The reignited movement for Black lives led to concrete changes in policies and politics. And, it changed the conversation about racial justice, and possibly the country, forever. A new generation […]

    December 6, 2021