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    Brown Act

    Cure and correct Brown Act violations

    Under Government Code section 54952(b), any "commission, committee, board or other body of a local agency, whether permanent or temporary, decision making or advisory, charged by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body [such as the Board of Supervisors]" is subject to the public notice and public meeting requirements of the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Court Employee Anonymity

    […] quotation omitted).  In light of the many policy reasons the courts have recognized for treating the names of public employees as public information -- including accountability of government -- there is a good argument that generic concerns about privacy or security should trump the constitutional or common law right of access to the names […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed sessions…

    The city can likely justify its closed session under Government Code 54956.9, which allows legislative bodies to hold closed sessions to discuss pending litigation when discussion in open session would prejudice the public agency.  The purpose of the pending litigation exemption is to protect confidential attorney-client communications and allow a legislative body to meet […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed Session Performance Evaluations

    On the City Council agenda it states under closed session: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and 54957.6, the City Council will meet with the City Administrator, to hold performance evaluations and consider the salaries for the Director of Parks and Trees, the Director of Community Development and Public Works... All department heads are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Protest Rights

    Can private shopping malls restrict my right to protest?

    […] Honolulu satellite city hall.In your situation, the difference is that you do not want to picket a private business -- rather, you want to picket a federal government office.  Although this is a relevant factor, I was unable to locate any legal authority that would suggest this factual difference would lead to a conclusion […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Boating Accidents and the CPRA

    Under the California Public Records Act, Government Code section 6250 et seq., records maintained by public agencies are presumptively available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies.  In this case, the Sheriff's department is probably relying on section 6254(f), which exempts "records of investigations" as well as "investigatory files."  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Autopsies and CPRA

    […] if you do put it in writing, and the agency denies your request, they must provide you with written notification of the reasons for their denial ( Government Code section 6255). If you do not know the name of the record, or do not know for sure whether it exists, you can frame your […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Newsgathering

    Accessing the black hole of the CIA

    […] not an Executive Order classifies as confidential CIA employment records (at least those for "operatives" employed at any time during the last 25 years, as the federal government recently announced that documents classified for national security reasons that are more than 25 years old will generally be declassified).  There are cases going back a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Social Media

    School District dictatorial about student use of social media, texting

    […] to write to the school administrators reminding them of the students’ First Amendment rights. Bryan Cave 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.

    June 15, 2015