Blogs about: California Open Records
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Cohan v. City of Thousand Oaks
Cohan v. City of Thousand Oaks, from 1994, is one of a number of lawsuits in California that helped clarify California’s rules about open meetings.… more →
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Cohan v. City of Thousand Oaks
Leslie Graves wrote 1 month ago: Cohan v. City of Thousand Oaks, from 1994, is one of a number of lawsuits in California that helped … more →
District claims superintendent to board communiques are exempt
Leslie Graves wrote 1 month ago: The Desert Independent disagrees. Pursuant to the state open records law, Cal. Gov’t Code Secs … more →
How much did a court remodeling cost?
Leslie Graves wrote 1 month ago: Earlier this year, the Sacramento Valley Mirror won a lawsuit seeking information about how much the … more →
Which is worse?
Leslie Graves wrote 7 months ago: A government subsidy for a torture porn producer, or publicizing the record confirming it was given? … more →
Courts and open records
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Leslie Graves wrote 7 months ago: Where I live, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is debating whether to allow a collective bargaining agree … more →
Good lawsuit news from California
Leslie Graves wrote 9 months ago: “A state appellate court gave a Northern California couple the go-ahead to pursue a taxpayer l … more →
Best o' state FOIA blogging
Leslie Graves wrote 10 months ago: California: Free and fair elections? In Orange County, not so much. Colorado: Salaries of public emp … more →
San Bernardino County checks in with unions before releasing information
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: San Bernardino County has evidently adopted the practice of checking with two local employee unions … more →
Best practices for city e-mail retention, archiving
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: White House e-mails, gubernatorial e-mails (the ones that Matt Blunt, Jon Corzine, Mike Easley, etc. … more →
An open government story for a Friday in summer
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Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: Naturists sue: The Naturist Action Committee has filed suit against the California Department of Par … more →
I rest my case
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: California assembly mum on golden-handshake offers to aides. In the wake of claims by Assemblyman He … more →
Colton, California, accused of withholding e-mails
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: Two residents of Colton, California have filed a lawsuit against the city, accusing it of withholdin … more →
Two steps forward, one step back
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: In Vermont, a state senator has proposed legislation to put a cap of $20.00/hour on how much an agen … more →
Updates: State open records
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Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: California: The City of San Jose wants to require its police force to release more documents to the … more →
"It's about a lot more than sex"
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: So says Silas Lyons, a columnist for the Redding, California Record Searchlight. Contrary to the wit … more →
The government perspective on open records
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: John Foust’s A Guide to Hiding Records continues to make the internet rounds, appearing most r … more →
When does a public official become a private person?
Leslie Graves wrote 1 year ago: The California Third District Court of Appeal rules in a few days on a case out of the small town of … more →
Open records links
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Leslie Graves wrote 2 years ago: Arizona: Try though it might, the Arizona Republic can’t get a few simple FOIA requests met by … more →
Cloudy in California
Leslie Graves wrote 2 years ago: The “hot button issue” this week on WikiFOIA is “When government employees use pri … more →
