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True to form, CalPERS general counsel Matt Jacobs is playing fast and loose with the law and facts. Will Judge Markman let him get away with it?

CalPERS got a bloody nose in court. Maybe the board will wise up and behave better in the future.

JJ Jelincic achieved an important initial victory in his Public Records Act lawsuit against CalPERS. We have embedded Judge Michael Markman's order below.1

In responding to a Public Records Act lawsuit filed by a former board member over violations of transparency statutes, CalPERS is attempting a new variant of the classic legal strategies in litigation: “If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts; if you have the law on your side, pound the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, pound the table.” As we’ll explain, CalPERS is pounding the table in the guise of pounding on facts. And the reason for trying to fight a Public ...

(Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) — The California Attorney General’s Office will review hundreds of thousands of use-of-force and misconduct records from its investigations of various law enforcement agencies across the state as part of an agreement with a San Francisco Bay Area free-speech group and National Public Radio station KQED. State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday his office intends to complete its review as part of a court-ap...

we will host a debate between the american civil liberties union and the national center for victims of crime. we will speak with the authors of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. im amy goodman. mass protests are continuing in turkey despite a government apology for the police crackdown. in a bid to defuse public outrage that has sparked fiery demonstrations nationwide, the turkish deputy prime minister expressed regret for the...

we will host a debate between the american civil liberties union and the national center for victims of crime. we will speak with the authors of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. im amy goodman. mass protests are continuing in turkey despite a government apology for the police crackdown. in a bid to defuse public outrage that has sparked fiery demonstrations nationwide, the turkish deputy prime minister expressed regret for the...

pro-government forces in syria have seized the key border town year rebel control. theyre seen intense clashes over the pastwo weeks as fighters from the lebanese militant group hezbollah have joined forces aligned with syrian president bashar al- assad. france is planning tests on chemical samples taken from syria prove the deadly nerve agent sarin gas has been used several times to the countrys more than two-year conflict. france did not give any details of where or by whom the poiso...

the suspects stole a 2005 gray acura tl which a customer left running while she went into the convenience store. mon afternoon the acura was spotted and the suspects were photographed by a surveillance camera at this shell station in laurel. police say the suspects attempted to steal from vehicles here. the manager alerted police. investigators say the suspects vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed cut directly across all lanes of traffic. citizens steered clear or applied their br...

its obligations, a bill being circulated would prioritize payments, social security checks and paychecks for troops. everything else would be covered if possible with cash on hand or put off until we can take on more debt. two main default avoidance plans remain on the table right now. speaker boehners plan would raise the debt ceiling twice, this year and next, with spending cuts now and an election year overhaul of the tax code and entitlements. in the senate, majority leader reid is...