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Sunshine Week Special: Take Action to Make Your Community More Open
Ten ways you can advance your rights to know, speak, write and publish about issues that matter—where you live You don’t have to be a lawyer, lobbyist or policy wonk to make improvements in how open...
View ArticleSenate Bill 615’s abortive end: The backstory
By JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware A widely criticized effort by San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott and State Senator Ben Hueso to weaken California’s open records law...
View ArticleBill would OK Brown Act meetings via social media
A bill recently approved by the Assembly Local Government Committee would allow majorities of city councils, boards of supervisors, school boards, planning commissions, special district boards and...
View ArticleHow a simple letter may end perceived Brown Act violations
A recent exchange between Californians Aware and a San Diego area school board shows how a Brown Act remedy can be used to stop practices the challenger believes to violate the letter of the Act, or at...
View ArticleHow long should government save its email records?
By JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware Email is part of our lives now. It came on like a category five hurricane just a generation ago, changing the world of business and...
View ArticleCharter schools join open government ranks
After years of unsuccessful attempts, the California legislators have finally passed and gotten a governor to sign into law requirements for charter schools to have their governance meetings and...
View ArticleArrested as payback for what you said? Try to prove it
By JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware Do the police ever abuse authority? Do you think most officers believe citizens have the right to speak their minds, for example in...
View ArticleCalAware’s Gold Seal shows our own transparency
Californians Aware just earned a Gold Seal of Transparency on @GuideStarUSA. By adding information about our goals, strategies, capabilities, achievements, and progress indicators, we’re highlighting...
View ArticleLast 2018 Chance for a Tax Deductible Gift to Improve Transparency and Speech...
New Year’s Eve is the last day to make a tax deductible contribution to Californians Aware for 2018, and that support can tide us over while we seek more substantial grant funding. Going into the new...
View ArticlePolice unions fight for secrecy of past officer misconduct
By JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware Firefights have broken out across California. The weapons used are not guns but words as police unions across the state are digging in...
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