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Vallejo’s bankruptcy highlights need for transparency in city-union contracts

[…] of causes--falling sales tax revenue, the home mortgage crisis leading to collapsing home prices and lower real estate taxes--there needs to be added one more: Too much government secrecy. Vallejo is broke, and other cities and counties may be close behind, because their personnel costs--salary and benefits for current employees and retirees--are higher than […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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The ongoing push for police transparency

[…] apply to other records, SB 1421 and SB 16 specifically reject it for the records covered by those laws. We will continue to demand compliance with open- government laws. We know there can be no accountability without transparency. — David Loy, Legal Director, First Amendment Coalition Use our open-government resources: Bookmark our Police Transparency […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 18, 2022
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The Hannity Reveal Was Huge News — But Everyone Missed The Most Important Point

[…] in most types of court proceedings must justify that request by showing the sealing of documents is "strictly and inescapably necessary" in order to protect a "compelling government interest." In layman’s terms, that means it should be very difficult to do what Cohen’s lawyers wanted to do—submit secret information to a court. Everyone has […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
May 8, 2018
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The BALCO reporters had a slimy source, we now know. Did the reporters also get slimed?

[…] also a CFAC director), say the reporters (and their editors) showed bad judgment in relying on a demonstrably partisan source with a clear interest in derailing the government's investigation. Worse, say the critics, the reporters crossed a line once Ellerman used the reporters' stories to actively mislead the court – by lying about his […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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Security plans for the Democratic convention in Denver must be changed to make room for dissent

By Benjamin Grant Ladner The upcoming Democratic National Convention inspires optimism among many advocates for free-speech and open government; an Obama presidency, should it come to pass, is seen as a welcome opportunity to redraw the balance between government secrecy and accountability. That optimism, however, must be tempered by what stands to go on […]
- Free Expression
June 3, 2009
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Real outrage is that surveillance of AP reporters’ phone calls was probably legal

[…] the source of AP's leak before resorting to the AP subpoenas --including, for example, obtaining the same metadata for the office, home and cell phones of all government officials who had access to the classified information leaked to AP's reporters. Also, did the Justice Department obtain specific judicial authorization to subpoena the AP's phone […]
- Press Freedom
May 20, 2013
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Op-ed: California Governor Should Commit to Transparency in Clemency Process

[…] our courts: "People in an open society do not demand infallibility from their institutions, but it is difficult for them to accept what they are prohibited from observing." David Snyder is the executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, a California nonprofit dedicated to advancing free speech, open government and public participation in civic affairs.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
July 7, 2021
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New 1st amendment case poses existential threat to public employee unions

[…] to bankruptcy to void union contracts. It's not state initiatives to restrict collective bargaining rights or other outpourings of voter resentment. No, the new existential threat facing government unions comes from . . . the First Amendment. In a scarcely-noticed lawsuit filed Monday in federal district court in Los Angeles, a conservative nonprofit, the […]
- Free Expression
May 2, 2013
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In settlement with FAC, LA County Jail releases inmate visitor log, agrees to relax secrecy rule

[…] Angeles County Jails is information that falls under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). With regard to inmates who are also high-ranking public officials, as defined in Government Code section 82048 and also to include judicial officers and high-ranking officials of the federal government, given their unique status and the public's interest, there is […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 5, 2013
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Groups Urge Mendocino County to Repeal Unlawful Public Records Fee Ordinance

[…] between $20 to $150 per hour of staff time spent locating or reviewing public records requested under the California Public Records Act, or CPRA. But California’s open- government laws do not allow agencies to demand payment to cover the cost of staff time to respond to requests. Such fees are a threat to an […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 27, 2023