Court Rules Inglewood Police Department Systematically Violated California Public Records Act The Inglewood Police Department ...

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It's the Information, Not the Record, that Must be Considered, Say BB&K's Christine Wood and Isaac Rosen in PublicCEO One afternoon in May 2015, six Glendora Police Department officers entered a ...

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The California state Capitol building in Sacramento. File photo courtesy of Sen. Toni Atkins’ office It was a milestone moment in open government in 1968 when then California Gov. Ronald Reagan signed ...

In Chula Vista, even when public records have been retrieved, reviewed, redacted and released, they almost never remain public. That’s because Chula Vista officials do not publish the vast majority of ...

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Some local governments in California are halting their responses to public records requests as they deal with staffing restrictions caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The city of Fresno suspended ...

The city of Paso Robles is suing its own councilmember in what may be a “first of its kind” lawsuit to compel Chris Bausch to comply with the California Public Records Act. In its frank and detailed ...

The city of Paso Robles is suing its own councilmember in what may be a “first of its kind” lawsuit to compel Chris Bausch to comply with the California Public Records Act. In its frank and detailed ...

I strongly believe in the California Public Records Act, an important law that ensures government transparency and the public’s right to know. But the law has a significant flaw: When a dispute arises ...