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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 the public, as required by law. | By Manny Otiko California Black Media During the COVID-19 pandemic,...

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.