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California: Shasta courts admits error and releases records of 2400 criminal cases

donal brown May 10, 2012

At the insistence of The Redding Record Searchlight that records of some 2400 criminal cases were being withheld illegally, the Shasta County Superior Court finally examined their policy, found no basis for it and released the records. The court was withholding records of criminal cases involving arrest warrants. -db From The Redding Record Searchlight, May 8, 2012, by Sean Longoria. Full story

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California: St. Helena planning group may have violated open meeting law with e-mails

donal brown May 3, 2012

In sending an e-mail to the director about layoffs in the St. Helena Planning Department, a commissioner sent a copy to fellow commissioners, an alleged violation of the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law. The law prevents a majority of a legislative body from communicating outside a public meeting. -db From the  St. Helena Star, May 3, 2012, by Jesse Duarte. Full story

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California: Judge denies legal fees to county supervisors on open meeting lawsuit

donal brown April 16, 2012

A Tulare County Superior Court judge ruled that the county supervisors could not retrieve legal fees from its successful defense of their regular closed lunch meetings. The Visalia Times-Delta and the California Newspaper Publishers Association had filed suit claiming the meetings violated the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, but lost in Superior Court. From the Visalia Times-Delta,  April 13, 2012. Full story    

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California: Hanford City Council may be correct in withholding packet of allegations

donal brown February 2, 2012

The Hanford City Council has so far not released an anonymous packet of documents to the public and may never. The documents make allegations against city leaders which the council discussed in closed meetings. Jim Ewert, legal counsel for the California Newspaper Publisher Association, said the council may be on safe ground in denying public access to the documents but should consider if someone who intends to sue had supplied the documents. In that case

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