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 MoreThe local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has announced that Mel Shapiro of San Diego, one of California’s most remarkable transparency watchdogs—neither a journalist, a lawyer nor a politician—has died...
Read MoreIn the final days for Governor Brown to take action on bills submitted to him, he signed five of significance to the interests of Californians Aware. PUBLIC INFORMATION Attorney Fees for Prevailing Public Records Requester ...
Read Moreby Richard Knee Sunshine advocates in San Francisco are campaigning against a local November ballot measure that would, among other things, allow city lawmakers to tamper with the city’s voter-enacted government transparency...
Read MoreHomeowner associations (condominiums, gated communities, etc.) are estimated to number more than 52,000 in the state and comprise over six million housing units, or approximately one quarter of the state’s housing stock....
Read MoreIn approving the 2018-2019 state budget last week, Governor Brown incidentally gave local government employee unions the right to rush new hires for membership at meetings kept secret from the public. That’s an important and...
Read MoreAs requested by Californians Aware, the Sixth District Court of Appeal recently ordered the publication of its decision in a case holding that taxpayers can sue to void government contracts infected with conflict of interest. As...
Read MoreThe Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California chapter seeks candidates for two seats on San Francisco’s open-government watchdog commission, the Sunshine Ordinance Task Force: an attorney with experience in...
Read MoreAs noted in the previous post, the recently enacted AB 1455 of 2017 exempts from disclosure under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) all documentation of a city’s, county’s or special district’s process in collective...
Read MoreThe Problem Governor Brown has signed a bill that will allow cities, counties and special districts to keep their rationales for granting pay and benefit increases secret—not just during their negotiations with employee...
Read MoreDo you know what kinds of surveillance technology your police or sheriff’s department is using to track the movements and activities of those they’re watching? Do you know how they use the technology, including how it’s decided...
Read MoreCalifornians Aware yesterday asked the author of AB 1455 to add provisions requiring cities, counties and special districts—and their employee unions— to inform the public and invite comment, at key stages of their labor...
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