The move triggered deep anger from residents who ultimately waited about six hours to speak at the very end of the meeting during general public comments.
Tag: Kelly Aviles
Posted inMission Viejo
After Closed Session Talks Raise Questions, Mission Viejo Creates Two-Person Council Committee to Continue Secret Downtown Building Negotiations
Discussions about buying the Stein Mart building near City Hall will now be led by council members Brian Goodell and Ed Sachs, who will meet privately as an ad hoc committee to discuss the purchase amid proposed downtown renovation plans.
Posted inFullerton
Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press Supports Local Blogger’s Lawsuit Against Fullerton Over Secret City Hall Documents
Fullerton Resident and blogger Joshua Ferguson gained a national ally in his appeal against an OC Judge’s order barring him and the blog from publishing secret city hall documents after the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a support document on Ferguon’s appeal, calling the publication gag a Constitutional violation and the city accusations a “brazen misuse” of federal or state hacking laws by the City of Fullerton to target routine newsgathering activities.
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Council Majority Silences Minority
The Anaheim City Council minority members will now have a tougher time putting their policy proposals before the full Council after majority members decide they don’t want to hear minority-faction proposals more than once in any six-month period.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
County May Allow Immediate Destruction of Texts and Email
The plan could be illegal, according to two attorneys who specialize in California public records law.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
County Supervisors Vote to Pay Voice of OC $121,396 in Legal Costs After Losing Public Records Case
County Supervisors Tuesday unanimously voted to pay Voice of OC $121,396 in legal fees after losing a Superior Court case for refusing to release public records about Supervisor Todd Spitzer’s handcuffing a preacher at a Wahoo’s restaurant.
Posted inSeal Beach
CalAware: Seal Beach Council Broke Open Meetings Law
Council members violated the law by meeting secretly to approve a costly lobbying contract, according to open government advocates. While not admitting wrongdoing, the council promised Monday to not break the law in the future.
Posted inCountywide, Inside the Newsroom, Investigative
VOC Asks State Supreme Court to Hear Public Records Case
Voice of OC filed suit after county officials refused to release records regarding officials’ actions leading up to Carlos Bustamante’s arrest on sex crimes. The open-government advocacy group Californians Aware has joined the suit.
Posted inGovernment, Inside the Newsroom
Judge Denies Voice of OC Request for Bustamante Records
The documents could shed light on what top county officials knew when they allowed former executive Carlos Bustamante to quietly resign.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Inside the Newsroom
Judge Nixes Lawyer’s Subpoena for Voice of OC Photographs
State’s shield law prevents lawyer from obtaining news organization’s unpublished photos from the Anaheim riot scene, judge rules.
