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Brown Act First Amendment

Arrested for making public comments that “disturbed” council meeting

I am a signatory of an initiative which qualified for the ballot, but which the city refused to forward to the county for inclusion on the ballot in violation of Elections Code. At the next city council meeting, during the public comment period, I was criticizing the council's illegal refusal to forward the initiative […]

October 21, 2010
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Brown Act CPRA

Park & Rec “advisory committee” keeping its advice secret

1. Can the (recently appointed) president of a Park and Recreation board form a "Management Committee" without approval of the full Board when one of the (two) members of said Committee is a public member? 2. This "Committee" met with representatives of several public and possibly private (non-profit) organizations without publicly reporting who they […]

August 8, 2011
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CPRA

Accessing Records of Parolees’ Addresses

Officials in one of the cities of the Coachella Valley are concerned that a disproportionate number of parolees are being released to live there by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. I requested through the Public Records Act information on all parolees the department has listed as living in the nine cities, the […]

June 14, 2009
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FAC Opposes Legislation that Would Weaken Public Oversight of Government Officials in California

[…] We are writing to alert you to legislation pending in California that would take the wrong lesson from the pandemic and weaken open-government laws under the guise of increasing remote access to meetings. The most problematic provisions undermine the democratic values of open government and oversight of our public institutions for the convenience of […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 13, 2022
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Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

Mayor up for reelection wants to stifle public comment on candidates

The mayor who is running for reelection is currently advancing a policy revision to stifle the public comments during City Council meetings of anyone who is speaking to a ballot initiative or on a candidate. Recently the mayor discussed the changes she’s proposing in an interview with a local newspaper and mentioned email communication […]

August 30, 2010
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CPRA

Can I access emails of city employees using personal emails for city business?

[…] Our intention is to see whether employees have written emails stating that the system is not working properly. In response, the city attorney exempted an unspecified number of emails citing a ’deliberative process’ exemption in CCC 6252(d), 6254(a) and (k) and 6255. He cited cases including Rogers v. Superior Court 19 Cal. App. 4th […]

November 17, 2011
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CPRA

Councilman asks intern on date via city issued cell

[…] sure they (the councilman and the city attorney) would try to argue that such a message was personal but I feel that the text was a form of sexual harassment, was improper, and was a misuse of city resources. Are there any legal consideration that would be helpful in addressing this issue? I did […]

November 21, 2009
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CPRA

Accessing public employee timesheets

I am seeking to obtain the time sheets (dates and hours worked) of a particular part-time city administrator. Are time sheets public records that can be accessed to the extent that only the days worked are being requested, (NOT the days absent, days off, vacation/sick time)?

August 4, 2011
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CPRA

Access to public records denied during business hours

On at least four occasions , I have gone to the Park and Recreation Department to review public records (on site, in the building) during normal business hours and I have been sent away. If at all possible, I would like to file a motion this week to force the department to allow me […]

November 21, 2009
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CPRA

Former State Employees and the CPRA

I have a question regarding physical access to a public building. I am a former employee for the Housing Authority of my City, I recently went back to the Central Office building in which I worked to visit some personnel still working there. This building is open to the public and has public access […]

June 14, 2009