By JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware It’s not always easy to stand up for what you believe. Cases in point: two school board members from two very different communities—Laguna Beach and El Cajon—who...
Read MoreBy 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 protesting how they’re being...
Read MoreCalifornians 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 MoreA 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 MoreBy JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware It seems like the Los Angeles City Council doesn’t like the public asking too many questions. That’s according to two long-time council watchers, who say that’s...
Read MoreBy JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware A lawsuit challenging what amounts to a No Photo Zone policy of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has a new lease on life. An appellate court said U.S....
Read MoreA podcast produced by two San Quentin inmates (with the help of a civilian outsider) has begun filling the information gap about California prison life that has persisted for the last 26 years, thanks to governors of both...
Read MoreFREE SPEECH CalAware joins others in friend of the court brief challenging this decision
Read MoreFREE SPEECH Senate leader: Nguyen’s ouster for criticizing Hayden will be investigated
Read MoreCalifornians Aware, the nonprofit organization fighting for your rights to open government, free speech and protected reporting, needs your help as never before. After our first dozen years working in the courts and the...
Read MoreRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s reaction to criticism—or even just statements incongruent with his own view of himself— is Exhibit A for why a federal anti-SLAPP law is needed. But so is the reluctance of the...
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...
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