The new rules will allow the council to access records without promising to keep city records secret.
Tag: public records
Posted inGovernment
San Clemente Poised to Repeal Confidentiality Requirement for Council Members
New rules would replace a system set up at the end of last year that restricts councilmembers’ ability to independently release records to the public.
Posted inCountywide
Santana: Time For Transparency on Coronavirus Instead of Just Shutting Down
Nearly 1,000 County of Orange workers have been infected with Coronavirus. As numbers continue to rise so do questions about how to best protect workers and the public.
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Questions Remain About How Orange County Has Spent Nearly $544 Million in Coronavirus Relief Funds
As hospitalizations spike to record levels, CARES Act relief money is almost all spent. Where did it go?
Posted inSan Clemente
San Clemente Councilwoman Considers Suing Her Own City Over Official Censure For Releasing Records
Councilwoman Laura Ferguson is considering going to court to force a more public discussion.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
OC Approves New Policy to Immediately Destroy Public Records
The policy change comes after a judge found the county failed to cite a valid legal justification to destroy records before two years. ACLU lawyers say the new policy goes against the court ruling, while county officials say it’s entirely legal.
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OC Proposes New Policy to Destroy Public Records Before 2 Years
A new policy, up for approval Tuesday, comes on the heels of a court ruling and order this summer tossing out the county’s previous reason for destroying records before two years.
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County Asks Court to Let It Keep Deleting Texts About Government Business
County officials are trying “to circumvent California Supreme Court precedent regarding the preservation of text messages,” the ACLU told the court in response. County officials declined to respond to questions about their proposed order.
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Despite Ruling, County Won’t Say If It Will Stop Immediately Destroying Public Records
OC officials may have found a way to continue to immediately destroy many public records of their government communications, despite a court ruling that it’s probably illegal to do so.
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Judge Rules Against OC’s Immediate Destruction of Public Records
Orange County officials likely are breaking the law with a policy allowing immediate destruction of public records and another rule banning public commenters from asking questions of county supervisors or addressing supervisors by name unless they have permission, a Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday.
