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Guest Commentary: Did the Media go too far in Disclosing a Secret Dossier on Russia’s supposed “kompromat” against Trump? Nyet.

[…] US government." There followed, in the runup to Trump’s press conference last week, a flood of articles describing, analyzing, dissecting and satirizing the dossier’s claims about clandestine meetings between representatives of Trump and officials of Russian intelligence agencies, threats of blackmail and, ahem, "showers" in Moscow. Were these reports "fake news," as Trump, using […]
- Press Freedom
November 15, 2016
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Real agenda cloaked in government buzzwords and bafflegab

[…] elimination of as many as 4,000 positions. The First Amendment Coalition is currently involved in litigation with Los Angeles, arguing that the state’s Ralph M. Brown open meetings act requires more than vague, misleading or wholly incomplete notice when key decisions are about to be made. The public deserves better. It doesn’t take a […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 19, 2011
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FAC Fights Unprecedented Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K From Records Requester

[…] but by the California Constitution, which holds that all Californians 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." "Asking a court to order someone who simply sought […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
February 6, 2018
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CPRA School Records

School district denies all complaint related CPRA requests

[…] Title 5, California Code of Regulations, Section 4630: "All parties involved in allegations in a complaint shall be notified when a complaint is filed, when a complaint meeting or hearing is scheduled, and when a decision or ruling is made." Allegations via the above code were filed against our family by parents involved in […]

May 21, 2013
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Brown Act CPRA

Special District Compliance

[…] enforcement of state laws on mitigation fees is beyond the scope of the issues to which we can address through this service, which is focused on access to government meetings and records and First Amendment issues. You might find the attached guide to special districts, published by the Senate Local Government Committee of some interest.

June 14, 2009
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Press Rights

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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Rating the leading Presidential candidates on First Amendment issues. And the winner is . . .

[…] for candor over popularity, would suggest a predisposition as President to conduct government affairs with a high degree of openness and transparency. On the other hand, McCain's serial authorship of defective campaign finance laws, repeatedly slapped down by the Supreme Court as violative of the First Amendment, may reflect an indifference to constitutional safeguards […]

June 3, 2009
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CPRA

Are jail visitor sign-in logs public documents?

November 17, 2009
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CPRA

Using CPRA to learn rules governing Resort Improvement District #1

[…] do a lot more than that though. They want to be the police here and field and investigate complaints. They have humiliated me and others at board meetings as they discuss who their victims will be. They have called the sheriff, animal control and code enforcement on me. Every situation ends the same with […]

July 22, 2013
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First Amendment

Is there a law about distributing fliers near a courthouse?

August 27, 2010