FREE SPEECHIn San Jose, the city’s first nonprofit news organization, San Jose Spotlight, is entering into battle after the city denied a Publ…
Salinas resident Andrew Sandoval is part gadfly, part activist and part IIP – my acronym for “Incredibly Involved Parent.” He ran for the Sali…
The California Public Records Act is one of the most valuable tools I have as a journalist, but it’s a tool that any person can employ, for an…
It’s another speed bump in Carmel for a process that a judge ordered should be “expeditiously” addressed.
Monterey County Superior Court Judge Robert O’Farrell ordered the city of Carmel on Sept. 14 to hand over a batch of public records “expeditio…
Hand ‘em over, Carmel. The public’s trust depends on it.
The decision is still out on the Royal Calkins vs. Carmel-by-the-Sea documents case, but a judge indicated it won’t be long before he makes a ruling.
City Council consent agendas are usually mundane lists of non-controversial and routine city business, but the employment contract for Carmel …
There are a whole host of defenses employed by those who find themselves at the receiving end of a lawsuit. There are the scholarly approaches…
The open government group Californians Aware has sued the city of Salinas, alleging the city's refusal to release a calendar of upcoming issue…