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City’s Ability to Keep Firearms Away From Dangerous Individuals Affirmed

Ninth Circuit Determines City Did Not Have to Return guns to Wife Because Husband Posed Threat - A city’s ability to protect public safety by preventing dangerous individuals from accessing firearms was affirmed last week...more

8/1/2019 / Due Process , Firearms , Forfeiture Statutes , Gun Laws , Just Compensation , Municipalities , Personal Property , State and Local Government , Threat Management

Public Comment Time Limit OK'd by Court - Alexander Brand Discusses California Appellate Court Ruling in PublicCEO

Does your agency place a time limit on public comments at meetings? So long as time restrictions placed on public comment periods are reasonable and don’t violate state or federal law, the Second District Court of Appeal,...more

12/4/2018 / Appeals , First Amendment , Free Speech , Municipalities , Open Meetings Act , Public Agencies , Public Comment , Public Meetings

Public Entities Can Limit Public Comment Speaking Time at Meetings - California Appellate Court Finds Limit Did Not Violate Brown...

Public entities can place reasonable time restrictions on public comment at their meetings as long as the time restrictions do not violate state or federal law, a California appellate court said in a fairly sweeping decision....more

9/21/2018 / Appeals , First Amendment , Free Speech , Municipalities , Open Meetings Act , Public Comment , Public Entities , Public Meetings , Ralph M. Brown Act , Time Restrictions

Party-by-Party Analysis Adopted for Anti-SLAPP Motions to Dismiss - California Court of Appeal Applies Anti-SLAPP Statute to Some...

A party-by-party analysis was adopted by an appellate court for the California anti-SLAPP statute, significantly narrowing the scope of a lawsuit brought against the City of Alameda and its employees. ...more

3/1/2018 / Anti-SLAPP , Appeals , Breach of Contract , Cause of Action Accrual , Motion to Dismiss , Municipalities , Protected Activity , Public Agencies

Government Actions are Not Protected Speech Under California Anti-SLAPP Law - Appellate Opinion Stems from Disputed Construction...

When a government entity issues a construction permit, that is government action not protected by California’s anti-SLAPP law — which extends only to constitutionally protected exercises such as “free speech” — the California...more

12/12/2017 / Anti-SLAPP , Appeals , Construction Industry , Construction Permits , First Amendment , Free Speech , Government Entities , Municipalities , State and Local Government

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