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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that temporarily suspended some of the requirements of the California’s public meeting law, the Bagley Keene Act. Newsom’s executive order allowed elected boards, commissions and other state “bodies” to hold remote meetings via teleconference without posting each official’s teleconference location (which in some cases were private homes); posting agendas at each location; or making those locations accessible to t...

In what Mayor Jeff Gee calls a “proactive step” to avoid “vile, racist, anti-semitic” disruptions ahead of council meetings, Redwood City has overhauled its procedures, allowing only email or in-person comments during meetings.

A federal judge ruled that Monterey County Jail’s for-profit health care provider is in violation of a class-action settlement over inadequate inmate conditions at the Salinas facility—and has given the

A federal judge ruled that Monterey County Jail’s for-profit health care provider is in violation of a class-action settlement over inadequate inmate conditions at the Salinas facility—and has given the

The public health care district is requiring people to accept a terms-of-use agreement to gain access to its website.

Ventura City Council member Mike Johnson (District 3) is a plaintiff in a legal action filed Sept. 18 in Ventura County Superior Court against the city. The action alleges Ventura

Palomar Health has new rules that users must follow to access its website. But as a public health care district, it contradicts a few state laws about public agencies and their obligations to public access. 

County leaders who are experts will decide objectivity in "contentious and political" subjects. Barred journalists can earn their way back if they publicly denounce their ways.

When the public learns that elected officials are trying to shield government from public view, with claims they “protect” us, while effectively championing secrecy as a noble cause, there is

The Napa council will vote on a consent item on Tuesday that will issue a retraction of a letter from three members opposing the Le Colline vineyard project.