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Posted by Terry Francke, General Counsel | May 14, 2019 | Awareness Area: Government, Awareness Area: Liberties, Legal Issue: Freedom of the Press |
As reported this past weekend, on Friday the San Francisco Police Department sent an armed detail to sledgehammer its way into a journalist’s home and office, handcuff him and cart off his phone, computer hard drive, notebooks...
Read MorePosted by Terry Francke, General Counsel | May 8, 2019 | Awareness Area: Education, Awareness Area: Government, Uncategorized |
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 records subject to the state’s...
Read MorePosted by Terry Francke, General Counsel | May 7, 2019 | Awareness Area: Government, Awareness Area: Politics, Legal Issue: Private Information, Uncategorized |
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 bureaucracy and creating the...
Read MorePosted by Terry Francke, General Counsel | May 3, 2019 | Awareness Area: Government, Awareness Area: Immigration, Awareness Area: Liberties, Legal Issue: Freedom of Assembly, Legal Issue: Freedom of Speech, Legal Issue: Freedom of the Press |
Californians Aware joined a coalition of more than 100 organizations on Thursday in urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to cease targeting of activists, journalists, and lawyers based on their First...
Read MorePosted by Terry Francke, General Counsel | May 3, 2019 | Awareness Area: Government, Legal Issue: Freedom of Speech, Legal Issue: Open Meetings, Legal Issue: Public Information, Uncategorized |
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 least its spirit, in a...
Read MoreCalAware Members can use our Solicitation of Service (SOS) form to describe their legal problem and request an attorney’s response regarding representation or other services, and have that request sent in an individual email to every attorney in the Directory, setting a deadline for response.
