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    For Obama’s Nominee to Head CIA: a Few Questions on Use of Drone Strikes

    BY PETER SCHEER---John Brennan, President Obama's nominee for Director of the CIA, has the bad luck of having to testify before Congress just days after publication of a Justice Department "white paper" containing the administration's legal justification for the targeted killing of high-level Al Qaeda members who are also American citizens. The undated and unsigned […]

    March 5, 2013

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    Brown Act

    School board closed session “under the guise of labor negotiations.”

    […] Board of Trustees meeting, the superintendent stated, and three trustees confirmed, that the district has come up with a plan to tackle the multimillion-dollar shortfall it's expecting for the next school year. The superintendent said the board discussed this in closed session "under the guise of labor negotiations." The problem is, they haven't entered […]

    February 20, 2015

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    First Amendment

    Where can I legally hand out flyers for my non-profit?

    […] legal question anywhere, or if I found something similar, the question is about a religious group or a signature gatherer for political purposes which might have an exemption or an inherent right to be soliciting. I work for a 501c3 part time and I would like to hand out flyers for our nonprofit. I […]

    December 28, 2010

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    FAC amicus brief: agency can’t take back records mistakenly released

    […] the requester refused. The central issue is whether the inadvertent release of privileged documents causes a "waiver" of the attorney-client privilege. That would not be the case for a release of records between parties in litigation—for example, in civil discovery. In that setting the lawyer for the party receiving the mistakenly released records is […]

    January 24, 2015

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    CPRA

    Can a fee be charged for requesting public documents held in storage?

    I recently submitted a Public Records Act request in my city.  I have just been told that I will be charged a $33.25 fee for retrieving documents from storage.  Is this legal?  It certainly does not seem consistent with the PRA documentation I have read.

    June 12, 2014

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    CPRA

    Cal Expo Data

    […] They typically will post this on their website in the form of a PDF file and in a magazine they produce. However, the wine industry has asked for an online system that is searchable, something my company has developed and provides free of charge. The data is actually in my possession due to my […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown signs anti-sunshine bill, setting up 1st Amdt battle. Do labor rights trump democracy?

    BY PETER SCHEER—Jerry Brown is often praised for his political independence, for his willingness to make policy choices that he thinks are right on the merits, even if it means angering poerful constituencies. But there are limits. They were reached in the latest legislative term in the Governor’s decision to sign legislation drafted and […]

    October 27, 2015

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    Press Rights

    FAC Condemns Sacramento Police Department’s Flawed Media Policy

    […] contrast, a draft that the media organizations proposed to the police department during negotiations last year afforded greater protection to journalists covering demonstrations: it spelled out an exemption for media representatives when officers close a disaster area, and clarified legal protections for journalists’ newsgathering materials. That thenew Sacramento policyshields police from public scrutiny is […]

    July 23, 2020