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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 Records Act suit on facts, when they are nearly always argued on legal issues, is to force a trial. ...
(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-approved agreement by Sept. 26 and will make the records public. The announcement comes two years afte...