It’s frustrating. Have you noticed how varied the California online court index databases are? There are a half dozen different search interfaces and none of the search query functions are the same. And because of this you may have missed... Read more »
The proposed California Senate Bill 501, “Local government: compensation disclosure”, isn’t an earth-shattering transparency measure. Particularly in light of the Bell city government pay debacle. The measure would require officers and designated employees to annually file a compensation disclosure form... Read more »
A common complaint about search query results from search engines is that too many are unwieldy, returning far more than one can troll though. But that’s also the advantage of search engines — they grab a lot of content. Google... Read more »
California legislation that the California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI) is tracking: Protection of Consumers through Continuing Education SB 202 [Harman] Prohibitions against Use of Credit Report Information AB 943 [Mendoza] Meal and Rest Periods & Licensed Private Investigators SB... Read more »
Government agencies won’t put public records on the Internet but the former Santa Bernardino County Assessor found a technological runaround to making his emails a public record. A private investigator and the former supervisor of the Worthless Check Division in... Read more »
Next week the U. S. District Court of California will issue the sentence for Lori Drew, the MySpace “cyberbully” who was convicted of violating the MySpace terms of service when she created a false profile. [See my article, Think Twice... Read more »
A California appellate court has settled a public records case — the right of access to a Santa Clara County GIS parcel mapping database — in favor of the plaintiffs, the California First Amendment Coalition. The county alternately demanded an... Read more »
Juror names and jury questionnaires are public records and subject to disclosure even if a trial judge has made promises to the contrary. At least in North Dakota. A ruling by that state’s Supreme Court, cited by the Associated Press,... Read more »
Government agencies in California can’t assign control of records that would otherwise be public records to a private entity. SB 1696 enrolled. New Law Allows Greater Access to Government Contracts, PolitickerCA.com, Adam Keigwin. A Pennsylvania open records blog reports that... Read more »
A little noticed but potentially significant (for public records researchers) California Attorney General opinion was released a week ago. The opinion upends the almost universal interpretation of the Public Records Act by county Assessors pertaining to disseminating property addresses on... Read more »