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DNA records

I am the webmaster of a site tracking the case of a serial rapist/killer. I would like to gain access to the crime files of a local Sheriff's department regarding the killer. The statute of limitations on the rapes committed by this person expired over a decade ago. There is DNA information in the […]

June 14, 2009
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Op-ed: California Governor Should Commit to Transparency in Clemency Process
- Government Transparency and Accountability
July 7, 2021
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Brown Act

Does Brown Act allow School District, City to negotiate millions in fees in closed session?

November 25, 2015
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CFAC, scholars sue CA State Bar for access to records on affirmative action
- Public Records
June 3, 2009
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What it Costs to Fight Government Secrecy | A Message from David Snyder

November 22, 2021
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FAC Welcomes Two California Attorneys to Board of Directors

November 14, 2022
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Governor Brown decides fate of open-government bills

[…] including providing public records electronically when possible. Another legislative report on electronic public records isn't necessary." AB 1723. A bill to require live video transmissions of the meetings of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University and the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Governor Brown approved […]
October 12, 2012
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Obama blasts Afghans for expelling reporter who refused to ID confidential sources. So why the continued pursuit, at home, of NYT reporter James Risen?

[…] in the same way that Rosenberg defied the Afghan government. Both Rosenberg and Risen got into legal trouble by refusing to disclose confidential sources. Rosenberg, in a meeting in the Afghan Attorney General's office, was questioned about the sources--all unnamed--for his article about the coup discussions. He refused to identify his sources and was […]
- Press Freedom
August 23, 2014
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Access to appointment calendars

[…] 3d 1325 (1991). Article I, section 3(b) states: "The people have a right of access to information concerning the conduct of the people's business, and, therefore, the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies shall be open to public scrutiny." The ballot argument in support of Proposition 59 states […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Protesting on school grounds

June 14, 2009