From The Press-Enterprise:
When the publisher of a small-town newspaper north of Sacramento made a public records request to learn more about spending done by school officials, he had no idea it would threaten the existence of the Sacramento Valley Mirror.
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From KTVU.com:
RICHMOND, Calif. — The Chevron refinery in Richmond remains crippled following the Aug. 6 fire, though repairs are reported to be on the fast track.
But was the fire was an aberration or the culmination of a long series of events?
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From Reuters:
SAN FRANCISCO (Oct 23, 2012) – The University of California must try to obtain and then disclose closely guarded information on the investment performance of venture capital funds managed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital, a state judge said in a tentative ruling made public on Tuesday.
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Read More… from Court: California university must move to disclose venture returns
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
Records reveal Boston police spy on political and peace groups
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 19, 2012
Opinion from Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition.
If you were looking for a way to sabotage America’s freedom-of-information laws, you couldn’t do much better than a legal strategy being pursued by government entities in two California towns.
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Commentary from Jim Newton at the L.A. Times:
The ability of Californians to scrutinize their government may rest on the outcome of a little-known case unfolding in a tiny Northern California town.
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