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California: Kern County supervisor agenda item raises suspicions

donal brown May 7, 2012

The listing of job description of the county administrative officer appears nearly every week on the agenda for a closed session of the Kern County Board of Supervisors, a suspicious phenomenon, writes Lois Henry for The Bakersfield Californian. A citizen watchdog says that discussions of job performance, not job description, are exempt from open meetings. -db From a commentary for The Bakersfield Californian, May 5 2012, by Lois Henry. 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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Florida judge releases court records in Trayvon Martin shooting case

donal brown April 26, 2012

News organizations won a victory in a Florida court as the judge unsealed the court records in the prosecution of George Zimmerman. In the interests of a fair trial, Zimmerman’s defense team asked that the records be sealed, and a judge who since recused herself agreed to seal them. -db From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, April 24, 2012, by Rachel Bunn. Full story    

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Filmmaker seeks documents of death of news director for Spanish-language TV

donal brown April 24, 2012

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education fund filed a writ of mandate to force the Los Angeles County sheriff to release documents in the death of journalist Ruben Salazar caused by a tear gas projectile after a peaceful rally. The Office of Independent Review found the sheriff’s department made errors in choice of weapons but did not target Salazar. MALDEF and a filmmaker want the documents to complete a documentary on Salazar’s life and

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Los Angeles Supervisors agree to remedy open meeting violation

donal brown April 23, 2012

The Los Angeles County Supervisors admitted they had erred in meeting behind closed doors to discuss with state officials the transfer of prison inmates to the County. Los Angeles County agreed to pay legal fees for Californians Aware which brought the lawsuit and are releasing transcripts of the September closed meetings. -db From The Antelope Valley Times, April 20, 2012, by The AV Times Staff. Full story  

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