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Brown Act

Closed Session Performance Evaluations

[…] under closed session: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and 54957.6, the City Council will meet with the City Administrator, to hold performance evaluations and consider the salaries for the Director of Parks and Trees, the Director of Community Development and Public Works... All department heads are up for evaluation and they are wanting […]

June 14, 2009
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FAC News

We’re Hiring: Press Education Manager

[…] no longer being accepted* The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) is looking for a full-time and fully remote Press Education Manager to lead the vision and day-to-day management of our journalist education programs. This is a chance to play a key role at a leading California nonprofit that does important work to support California journalists’ […]

January 22, 2025
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CPRA

How to I get city to admit to under-reporting employee compensation?

The City withheld pay and benefit information that resulted in under reporting almost all of the City’s employees’ pay, including the Police Chief’s pay by $66,951.83 a year? I have posted the original request, the data provided by the City, and exchanges with the City Attorney’s Office.

October 22, 2010
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CPRA

Are government contractors’ 1099’s disclosable?

I am considering a request for the 1099 form issued by a local agency to their general counsel. They are the worst violators of CPRA I have ever experienced. If I do not cite very specific statute and write the request so carefully that virtually all possibilities of misconstruction are eliminated, I will get […]

January 17, 2012
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Blog Cases

Court rules CA counties must disclose pension amounts paid to government retirees

[…] in access to government employees' pensions outweighs the public interest in protecting the confidentiality of that information. In 2007 the California Supreme Court ruled that government employees' salaries--including employee names--are public records that must be disclosed under the Public Records Act. Since then, governments have split on the issue of access to the pensions […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 6, 2009
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FAC News

We’re Hiring: Programs Coordinator

[…] Coordinator will report to FAC Advocacy Director Ginny LaRoe and work with other staff, including a new Press Education Manager (see job ad), to support the growth of the organization’s educational programs that focus on public access to information and press rights. FAC is expanding the types of educational offerings and growing its reach […]

February 18, 2025
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FAC News

Now Hiring: Communications Director or Manager

[…] freedoms, free expression and government transparency. The communications director/manager will set communications strategy and priorities, and execute daily tasks to elevate FAC programs and inform news coverage of open-government and First Amendment issues. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, FAC believes that the broadest range of engaged and informed communities is essential to the health of our […]

August 25, 2022
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FAC News

Now Hiring: Development Director

Applications are now closed The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) seeks an experienced development director to oversee and accelerate FAC’s successful fundraising work, which has fueled an expansion of our budget, our staff and, most importantly, our impact in advancing press freedoms, free expression and government transparency. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, FAC believes that the broadest […]

August 25, 2022