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    CPRA

    City avoiding disclosure of personal email

    […] public officials using private email accounts and mobile phones to conduct the public's business seems to be becoming a pervasive problem. It would seem that if a government official uses a personal email account to send messages relating to the conduct of the public's business, a strong argument could be made that those messages […]

    January 13, 2012

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    CPRA

    Documents once public now denied

    […] medical technicians association 3. In paper copies as provided by that group. Since July 26 2010 we have submitted the same records request have been denied under Government Code section 6254(c: "The information that you seek constitutes examination data used to administer a licensing examination. As such, this information is exempt from disclosure under […]

    January 12, 2011

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    CPRA

    Obtaining the names of notaries public

    […] to County Clerk offices in the first place by a representative at the National Notary Association. Somehow, I feel I am being misled or altogether shunted by government employees who either don't want to or don't know how to help me. Isn't the information I am seeking public information, under the CA Public Records […]

    June 14, 2009

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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