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    Brown Act

    Collective concurrences, serial meeting, and the Brown Act

    Much of the material I've found prohibits use of email when its intent is "to develop a collective concurrence as to action to be taken by the board". What about using email to other directors to distribute information, to express an opinion, to alert them to an urgent matter, etc.? In other words, communication […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed Sessions of City Council Meetings

    The Brown Act -- the California law that requires meetings of the legislative bodies of government agencies to hold their meetings in public -- provides that before holding a closed session, the body must identify, in an open and public meeting, the items to be discussed in closed session.  If the information required to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Individual Meetings for Review

    Does the following constitute a violation of the Brown Act's prohibition on serial informal meetings? An architect of a controversial project in Palo Alto met individually with 4 of 5 members of the Architectural Review Board following a particularly negative public review. It seems his purpose was to get feedback on his designs and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Social Media

    Former Employer Blocked My Twitter Account Stopping Me From Accessing COVID-19 Info

    […] question: can I file a lawsuit or complaint and possibly receive damages for them violating my First Amendment right of receiving free speech and notices from a government organization, and -- because of the block -- possibly blocking my right as a free American in posting on social media my displeasure with a publicly […]

    August 7, 2020

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    Brown Act

    Can A Trustee Mute Another Trustee’s Microphone During A Meeting Streaming On Zoom?

    […] therein. 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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    Police Records

    How Can I Access Florida Police Body-Camera Videos?

    […] me on how to get police body-worn camera videos from a Florida law enforcement agency that have not been provided in response to a freedom of information act. Nor were they included in discovery for a criminal case. I believe there is damning evidence on the video of police misconduct, obstruction of justice, malicious […]

    June 7, 2021

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    First Amendment

    What are the free speech rights of public employees?

    […] employment at the school. While we cannot provide specific advice through this service, I can give you an overview of the First Amendment and its application to government employees. As a threshold matter, it is important to note that "public employees do not surrender all their First Amendment rights by reason of their employment." […]

    May 8, 2019

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    CPRA

    What are my rights when the Legislature’s Rules Committees haven’t responded to my request for legislative records for more than 10 days?

    […] records shall be made available for inspection promptly and without unnecessary delay." Govt. Code § 9074. Whenever a committee withholds any legislative record from inspection, the committee must justify in writing within four working days of the request that the record in question falls under an express exemption or demonstrate that withholding the record […]

    March 6, 2025

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    FAC News

    We’re Hiring: Press Education Manager

    […] education programs. This is a chance to play a key role at a leading California nonprofit that does important work to support California journalists’ ability to access government information to keep communities informed. The new position is a dream job for someone with an investigative journalism or journalism education background who is passionate about […]

    January 22, 2025

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    Blog

    Journalists must be allowed to do their jobs while government officials do theirs

    The homelessness crisis is one of the biggest issues facing California. To understand the human toll of housing insecurity and to assess the efficacy of government response, we depend on journalists to sort fact from fiction. And to bear witness when governments take action. That is especially true when it comes to sweeps of […]

    September 17, 2024