Each year, California enacts a number of new laws impacting municipalities throughout the state. New legislation for 2026 includes noteworthy updates to the Brown Act, financial training requirements for public officials,...more
Public officials often ask whether the First Amendment restricts their activities on social media, particularly when they seek to delete comments or block individuals from accessing their accounts. Generally, in order for an...more
In Lindke v. Freed, the U.S. Supreme Court found that a civil rights violation might have occurred when the City Manager of Port Huron, Michigan deleted and blocked comments on his personal Facebook page. This depended on...more