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    Brown Act

    Obligation to stated agenda

    Labor law requires that in order to negotiate a new contract the union's proposals must be presented in a public meeting. The School District agendized the sunshining of a teamsters union contract proposal but did not have the proposal available at the meeting or place the proposal on its website.  It only showed on […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA School Records

    Accessing university’s decision making on promotions and tenure

    UCLA is subject to California's open records law, the Public Records Act, Government Code § 6250 et seq. Under the Act, records that are "prepared, owned, used, or retained" by a public agency are presumptively subject to disclosure, unless some exemption applies.  Gov't Code § 6252(e).  This would include, presumptively, records related to a […]

    June 9, 2015

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    Brown Act

    Is It Legal to Exclude the Public From a Regularly Scheduled Public Meeting?

    […] present. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    January 20, 2021

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    Press Release

    FAC, ACLU Sue City of Fresno for Open Meetings Law Violation

    […] negotiated the city’s annual budget behind closed doors, violating California’s law on open public meetings and depriving the people of their fundamental right to transparency in local government. The City’s proposed budget is then typically rubber-stamped by the City Council. For example, during Fresno’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget process, the Budget Committee — composed […]

    November 15, 2023

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    SCOTUS is about to bring down hammer on public sector unions. That will be good for democracy, not so good for freedom of speech.

    […] overtly political activities, like lobbying and campaign contributions. The public employees in the Friedrich case---teachers in Los Angeles public schools---argue that  collective bargaining between unions and the government is no less political than campaign contributions or lobbying. When public sector unions bargain with a state or local government agency over pensions, health insurance, average […]

    January 20, 2016

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    Cases Press Release

    Key settlement in FAC case breaks new ground in public access to officials’ emails

    July 24, 2012—The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce a landmark settlement in a case involving public access to government email messages. The agreement with the city of Auburn, California requires the city to save emails for at least two years–replacing a prior policy of deleting most emails after 30 days. The agreement, […]

    July 25, 2012

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    FAC News Press Release

    Introducing Our Police Transparency Guide

    […] have better information about how police officers interact with the public and do their jobs, as recent protests helped show. Protecting the public’s right of access to government records is essential to the democratic process. I’m very pleased to create a resource that is available to anyone seeking answers about police conduct in California." […]

    October 6, 2020

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Urges Reversal of Ruling Allowing Secret Government Meetings for Speculative ‘Public Safety’ Concerns

    The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed an amicus brief in a California Court of Appeal case that could have far-reaching consequences for the transparency of government meetings. In the brief, FAC urges the court to find that Metrolink, Southern California’s largest commuter rail system, violated the state’s open-meetings laws when it barred the […]

    May 14, 2018

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC and Local Community Group Sue San Jose Over Secret Negotiations With Google

    […] the city to disclose those records. "The public is entitled to know what elected leaders are doing and saying in negotiations with corporations doing business with the government—especially where those companies are as large and powerful as Google," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. "NDAs do not and cannot override elected leaders’ obligations to […]

    November 13, 2018