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Equal Justice Society Criticizes CFAC Suit against State Bar for records on affirmative action.

Group Says Issue is Privacy, not Political Correctness. CFAC's lawyer responds. CFAC's executive director recently criticized the California State Bar for its refusal to cooperate with a UCLA professor who is seeking bar records for academic research on affirmative action in law school admissions. CFAC has filed suit, together with the UCLA Professor, Richard […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

What is the Brown Act statute of limitations?

[…] closed session --- 54957. (2) is the violation. I see from your A&A section that there is only only a 90-day window of opportunity to submit a Cure & Correct letter, but I do not see that spelled out in the Brown Act itself. Where is the statute of limitations spelled out? And if […]

February 3, 2012
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First Amendment

Defamation and libel in statements to elected officials

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Obligation to stated agenda

[…] posted what he has received. The Teamster negotiator claims he sent a letter to the State Administrator stating his proposal. The Board Secretary refuses my request to cure and correct the record that shows the initial proposal was sunshined but takes the position he will post any proposal that he receives.Can I take any […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Improper Noticing of Serial and Special Meetings In Violation of the Brown Act

[…] nullification of a legislative action taken in violation of the Brown Act. Unfortunately, § 54960.1 provides tight timing requirements on filing such an action, including the required cure-and-correct letter to the legislative body. "To state a cause of action, a complaint based on [section] 54960.1 must allege: (1) that a legislative body of a […]

March 11, 2020
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Brown Act

Can a California City Council Cut Public Comment Time with No Notice Before Meeting?

[…] Council reasserted its rights to limit speech as they see fit because their Rules and Regulations allow them to limit the number of speakers. I sent a Cure and Correct letter with a specific request for a written response to that letter in no more than 30 days (per the Brown Act). I am […]

August 26, 2020
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CPRA

City’s Update Letters Not Shared With Public Until A Week After Release to Staff & Council

March 10, 2020
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Coalition Urges Modesto to Roll Back Local Law that Criminalizes Use of Safety Gear by Journalists
- Press Freedom
July 21, 2025
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2023 Impact Report

May 1, 2024
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First Amendment

Letter to City Council of Huntington Beach Regarding Ban on Anonymous Complaints
- Free Expression
December 22, 2022