December 3, 2019 Dear CalAware Today Subscriber, I’m counting on you to help realize our growth fund and its capacity building goals by reaching out to the next generation. Thanks to your initial show of support we’ve been to...
Read MoreOver the weekend NBC News, reminding its audience in the wake of the Annapolis Capital Gazette murders that credible death threats come with the territory for many if not most veteran journalists, cited as the leading example...
Read MoreA bill on its way to the Governor may not outlaw all disclosures of illegally recorded communications with medical providers. AB 1671 by Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) would amend the Penal Code to add: A person who...
Read MoreGovernor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has vetoed AB 36 by Assembly Member Nora Campos (D-San Jose), which would have required local agency governing bodies with authority over law enforcement agencies to approve in an open session...
Read MoreWhat can the law do about online vileness? asks Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and professor of First Amendment law at UC Irvine. His answer, after reviewing two new books on the subject: Start by going back to consider what James...
Read MoreOPEN MEETINGS UCLA student council will limit access to a meeting dealing with a divestment/boycott resolution against Israel—because it can PUBLIC INFORMATION Cal Poly SLO journalism prof sues his employer for access to records...
Read MoreFREE SPEECH CalAware-supported bill adds teeth to Brown Act protection for citizens’ right to comment at local government meetings OPEN GOVERNMENT CalAware-sponsored proposal would put charter amendment on San Diego’s June...
Read MoreThe Trans-Pacific Partnership is an international mega-trade agreement under development among the U.S. and a number of key nations of the Americas and Asia, negotiated entirely in secret and proposed to bypass close...
Read MoreNot all government secrecy conceals spying, but all spying involves government secrecy—even when, or especially when, those the government spies upon may be law-abiding Americans. Two new court actions by the ACLU of Northern...
Read MoreGovernor Jerry Brown’s recent decision to shut down the Reporting Transparency in Government website created by his predecessor will save the state more than $25,000, his office has informed CalAware, and the site only got...
Read MoreThe peaceable eviction of the Los Angeles civic plaza Occupiers provided the latest evidence that mainstream media’s craving for inside access and official respect leaves uncompromising and resourceful reporting to those...
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