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FAC and Local Community Group Sue San Jose Over Secret Negotiations With Google

[…] produce records under public records laws." WPUSA deputy executive director Maria Noel Fernandez said the public shouldn’t be left in the dark when it comes to plans for Google’s large campus—which will hold up to 20,000 employees—given what it might do to the city’s housing crisis, homelessness, eviction rates, and the cost of living. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 13, 2018
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California AG Xavier Becerra and the Thick Blue Wall of Police Secrecy

[…] letter from the Attorney General issuinga not-so-veiled threatof "legal action" if the journalists did not return the list. The Attorney General’s letter threatened: "You are hereby on notice that the unauthorized receiptor possessionof [the list of convicted cops] is a misdemeanor" (italics original), and it cited to California Penal Code section 11143. In short, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 6, 2019
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Public comment limited to three items on Water Quality Board agenda

[…] was submitted for comments. A final permit ignored most comments, but made three small changes. The first and only public hearing is coming up , but the agenda states that oral comments will be limited to the three changes. Thus, no important points can be made to the Regional Water Quality Board members at […]

April 14, 2010
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CPRA

Destruction of public records

[…] Code section 34090.5 allows for the destruction of records without approval of the legislative body or written consent of the city attorney if copies that satisfy the requirements of Section 34090.5(a)-(d) are complied with (for example, such as the requirement that the copies accurately and legibly reproduce the original, the copies be kept in […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Time allotted for speaking at public meeting

[…] of the Oakland Public Schools, the State Administrator, Randolph Ward, has maintained the following rule for public comment. At a regular State Administrator and/or School Board Meeting, a member of the public is restricted to three minutes of public speech on all agenda and non-agenda items. Is this rule a violation of the Brown Act?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

The CPRA, the Brown Act and Retirement Trusts

[…] they held a special meeting to change by-laws to only allow "invited guests". They have not responded to my further PRAs. Their attorney uses AG Opinion 03-1107 for his view that the Trust is not a "local agency", but is a labor-management "committee." The board is constructed and has duties similar to pension boards […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Requesting Audio Tapes, Time of Response

[…] president; the communications officer has been attempting to contact the vice president, but the vice president is not responding. The board has already responded to my request for these public records by telling me (in both meetings) that I could have copies, but the vice president is not forthcoming with the tapes so they […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Question and Answer Session with Consultants

I was at a recent city council meeting where the engineering consultants put on a presentation to justify doubling the rates we pay for our water. Then there was a question and answer period where the public was invited to address their questions to the consultants. There were many questions about the components of […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

CA Public Benefit Corporations and the CPRA

[…] the revised EIR that will be coming out soon that could bring a potential of overwhelming development to our area. We've been working on the growth issue for two years now and have just recently organized as a non-profit (CA Public Benefit Corp) and filed under IRS 501(c)(3) to obtain a Determination Letter. Anyhow, […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Ok for court reporter to transcribe mayor’s speech at private-sector event?

[…] to the meeting in order to accurately transcribe the mayor's comments. In general, private organizations -- including nonprofits -- are not subject to the strict First Amendment requirements that would govern a public agency's conduct. If this is, for all intents and purposes, a private event sponsored by a private organization, then it may […]

September 14, 2016