Supreme Court rules on public officials blocking people on social media, shortly after Encinitas case
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Sen. Catherine Blakespear appears to be the only member of the California Legislature who has a legal defense fund. She is using it to cover bills from a lawsuit from the time she was Encinitas mayor.
A first-term state senator is raising money from interest groups to fight ongoing litigation related to complaints that she blocked critics on social media in her previous job as a mayor.
Lawsuit says Catherine Blakespear refuses to live up to agreement that she formally apologize and pay a $5,000 penalty.
Five Encinitas residents and up to 30 unnamed individuals filed a lawsuit against Mayor Catherine Blakespear on Wednesday in Vista Superior Court for blocking public comments on her mayoral Facebook page and allegedly breaching the terms of a previous settlement agreement reached this past spring.