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    Reporter’s Field Guide: Police Shootings

    […] to when, and offer reporting tips to help gather as much information as possible. Because serious use of force by police is arguably the gravest exercise of governmental power, journalists serve a vital public interest when they use the transparency laws at their disposal to ensure there is a robust public record of every […]

    September 8, 2025

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    What kind of Governor would Jerry Brown be? Don’t try to check his gubernatorial record. It’s locked up until 2038.

    […] confidentiality to its ex-governors' records for a longer time. Presidential records, after all,  are far more likely to contain sensitive information concerning security, diplomatic relations or similar government interests. Yet California law maintains a blackout on its gubernatorial records for an additional thirty-eight years. Under California's 50-year rule, most people who vote in a […]

    November 18, 2009

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    Recent court decisions transform legal tools for protecting free speech into an instrument for the suppression of the public’s speech and access rights

    […] legal Frankenstein’s monster. In doing so, they have turned a law designed to protect the public’s exercise of free speech and petition rights into a tool for government suppression of those rights. The decisions in Holbrook v. City of Santa Monica and Californians Aware v. Orange Unified School District both arise from the efforts […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Conservatives’ faith in local government is misplaced: The closer government is to the people, the more government is controlled by special interests.

    […] PETER SCHEER -- In America today, conservatism's one clear fault line, cutting across cultural and socioeconomic schisms, aligns conservatives based on their views about the relationship between government and its citizens. On one side are born-again libertarians, like supporters of perpetual presidential candidate Ron Paul. Believing that governmental power and personal freedom are always […]

    May 3, 2012

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    Coalition Urges Compliance with California Public Records Law Amid COVID-19 Crisis

    In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some government agencies in California have announced that they intend to stop responding to California Public Records Act requests until the crisis passes. There is no legal basis for this extraordinary step. The California Public Records Act, Gov. Code § 6250, et seq., remains the law of the […]

    March 23, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Regularly Scheduled Special Meetings

    […] officer of the legislative body of a local agency, or by a majority of the members of the legislative body."  Gov't Code § 54956.  However, certain requirements must be met.  First, written notice must be delivered personally or by mail to each member of the board and to each local newspaper of general circulation, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Availability of agendas

    What is the obligation of a body that is required to comply with the Brown Act with regards to informing the public of how to access their agendas and minutes? Direct requests to the body for agendas and minutes has been ignored.  Is there a procedures or process that public citizens should be aware of?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    CA Public Benefit Corporations and the CPRA

    […] re planning issues, AG Opinion letters, abbreviated court cases, etc., visiting law libraries and trying to get a handle on what rights citizens have re planning. I must say you've got a great website.  In fact I've copied your CA Public Records Act info and AG Opinion letter 71 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen 235 […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    My job has been threatened if I divulge details of closed-door meetings

    […] "null and void" if there was "substantial compliance with the Act."  Gov’t Code § 11130.3(b). In any event, it sounds like you may be facing issues that go beyond government transparency and would require a specialist in employment law.  You might want to consult with an employment lawyer about your employment concerns. Bryan Cave LLP is […]

    March 10, 2017

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    Brown Act

    Public Comment Limits Don’t Allow Time To Make Case

    […] meetings, reasonable time, place and manner regulations are permissible, but restrictions must be "content neutral" (as opposed to "content based") and narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest, and must allow ample alternative channels of communication. Perry Educ. Ass’n, 460 U.S. at 45. Content neutral restrictions are those that are both viewpoint and […]

    May 29, 2010