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    First Amendment

    Newsracks and Shopping Centers

    […] -- this is because sidewalks are generally considered to be public forums.  See ACLU v. City of Las Vegas, 333 F.3d 1092, 1099 (9th Cir. 2003).  "[T]he government must bear an extraordinarily heavy burden to regulate speech in such locales." Grossman v. City of Portland, 33 F.3d 1200, 1204 (9th Cir. 1995). However, in […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    How Long Do Agencies Have to Keep Records?

    […] is to provide for disclosure.").  Instead, an agency's obligation to retain records are addressed by a variety of record retention laws. For example, Section 34090 of the Government Code provides for the lawful destruction of city records in certain circumstances: Unless otherwise provided by law, with the approval of the legislative body by resolution […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Monthly Giving

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    July 3, 2024

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    Brown Act

    Future Council Members, Participation, and the Brown Act

    […] as time on a particular issue, but they do not preclude an incoming member of the city council from speaking on an issue. Other sections of the Government code address the organization of city governments, however these sections leave most internal rules to the governing body itself.  Section 36813 provides that "[t]he council may […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FOIA

    Foreign Officials, Detention, Privacy, and the Freedom of Information Act

    […] that there might be a cover-up and complicity to help the official evade the Philippine justice system. The question is: what can be done to have concerned government agencies release information about the official, why the visa was revoked, and why the official continues to be detained at a Detention Center, and why the official […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Entities meeting in a closed “workshop” setting

    […] setting" because the workshop was very likely a "meeting" under the Brown Act. The board, however, should have allowed public comment before voting on the "options." California Government Code section 54954.3 provides that members of the public be given the opportunity to comment "before or during the legislative body's consideration of the item." By […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Emails and the Public Record and Brown Act

    Public Records Act A public record is defined by Section 6252(e) of the California Government Code to include "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics."  This is a broad definition, so if […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Police Records

    DUI Incidences and Media Reporting

    […] In a case called Nicholson v. McClatchy, the California Court of Appeal also held that a newspaper could not be sued for republishing the contents of a government record that was supposed to be kept confidential (the evaluation of a potential judge) because the media have a right under the First Amendment to ask […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    City-Funded Committees with Non-Public Official Member

    […] provide as part of meeting agendas, and information required to be provided as part of the public report of action taken in closed session, as provided by Government Code section 54957.1.  However, this wouldn't cover your current inquiry for a list of names of members of the open space committee. If you have not […]

    June 14, 2009