Cypress City Council members are considering heightening resident access to economic interest statements for candidates and elected officials on the city website.
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Cypress Ponders How Easy it Should be For Residents to Understand Who’s Financing Local Elected Officials
At tonight’s City Council meeting, elected officials will discuss local campaign finance transparency, limiting no-bid contracts and racism on the city council.
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More Orange County Cities Resist Calls to Switch to District Elections
As officials in Brea, Cypress and Irvine refuse to switch to district elections despite a legal threat, La Palma – one of OC’s smallest cities – looks to change their election system.
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Cypress Sued For Violating Voting Rights Act After Refusing District Elections
The small northwest city is the most recent OC municipality to undergo a legal challenge for hosting at-large elections, which some say promote racially-polarized voting.
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A Public Records Battle Brews in Cypress as a Councilwoman Demands Records From Colleagues
Following a censure for allegedly not responding to a public records request, Frances Marquez had filed her own information request, saying it’s an effort to root out alleged corruption.
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Cypress City Council Censures Councilwoman Frances Marquez
Frances Marquez was formally reprimanded by her colleagues for various alleged infractions, including violating the state’s public records laws despite resident pushback.
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Cypress Moves to Censure Dissenting Council Member While Facing Transparency Lawsuit
Amid a lawsuit against the city over a secret vote and legal pressure to get Cypress to switch to district elections, France Marquez could be the latest city council member in OC to be censured.
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Cypress Modifies Records Policy After Council Member Allegedly Fails to Follow Disclosure Law
Facing a lawsuit for allegedly violating state transparency law, city officials are looking to censure Councilwoman Frances Marquez for supposedly not turning over records related to a secret vote.
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Cypress Moves to Censure Council Member For Allegedly Failing to Follow Public Records Act
Cypress city officials are now facing allegations of violating two laws aimed at preventing government secrecy — California’s public records law and the state’s open meetings law.
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Cypress Officials Face Lawsuit For Allegedly Violating State’s Open Meeting Law
After secretly rejecting letters threatening to sue Cypress, city officials face a lawsuit from Californians Aware alleging they broke California’s law on open government meetings.
