An attorney with a First Amendment advocacy group will send
letters to the cities demanding an end to ongoing email
destruction.
State First Amendment advocacy group vows to sue to stop the
routine destruction of emails by city officials.
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City officials’ similar justifications for routinely destroying
emails show they are mimicking each other and not following the
law, First Amendment advocate says.
A sampling of cities’ email policies shows widespread
inconsistencies in retention rules. First Amendment advocates say
many cities are violating California’s Public Records Act.
The story of the Lake Forest man who was involved in a
motorcycle-on-police-cruiser collision gets national attention. And
an investigation into sherff’s deputies’ reporting of the incident
is wrapping up.
Orange County sheriff’s deputies and officials got in 141
accidents over the last three years, costing taxpayers more than
$3.5 million in settlements. But one involving a Lake Forest man
shows how far the department will go to avoid acknowledging
fault.
Recent Supreme Court ruling flies in the face of the state law, which exempts signers of referendums and recall efforts from the Open Records Act.
The city is in the midst of a drawn-out process of transferring paper records to computer. Meantime, officials are seemingly unable to handle even the most basic request in a timely fashion.
Voice of OC reporters show up at city hall and demand to see readily accessible records. City officials tell us that we have to make an appointment. Whose side does the law support?
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