Comments on: Transparency activists seek CA sunshine https://calwatchdog.com/2016/03/31/transparency-activists-seek-ca-sunshine/ Sat, 02 Apr 2016 03:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bruce https://calwatchdog.com/2016/03/31/transparency-activists-seek-ca-sunshine/#comment-121415 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 03:39:12 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=87541#comment-121415 In reply to Standing Fast.

And if the court system is corrupt?

]]> By: Spurwing Plover https://calwatchdog.com/2016/03/31/transparency-activists-seek-ca-sunshine/#comment-121414 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 03:29:57 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=87541#comment-121414 Transprency in moonbeams goverment Woo Hoo yeah Sure tell me about it

]]> By: Standing Fast https://calwatchdog.com/2016/03/31/transparency-activists-seek-ca-sunshine/#comment-121410 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 20:43:36 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=87541#comment-121410 When a public servant refuses to respond to a public records request, State law provides for a remedy. If you follow the procedure outlined in the law, you will achieve either the records you asked for, a letter explaining why the request could not be honored, or nothing.
In the first instance, no harm.
In the second instance, either the record qualifies as one of the few items that can be considered confidential (pending litigation and personnel matters except salaries & benefits, mostly) or the public servant that wrote the letter is mistaken.
If the latter is the case, and in the third instance, State law tell you what you can do next, which is file a lawsuit against the government agency which denied you the records.
For expert legal counsel, contact the California First Amendment Coalition, Californians Aware, and/or the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.
The first two have handbooks on the State’s Open Government laws as well as updates on legislation, court cases and local government policy.
Knowledge is power.

]]> By: Bruce https://calwatchdog.com/2016/03/31/transparency-activists-seek-ca-sunshine/#comment-121384 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:16:53 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=87541#comment-121384 “Keep moving, these aren’t the droids (corruption) your looking for”. And with that, the peons have been dismissed.

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