By JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware Do the police ever abuse authority? Do you think most officers believe citizens have the right to speak their minds, for example in protesting how they’re being...
Read MoreAfter years of unsuccessful attempts, the California legislators have finally passed and gotten a governor to sign into law requirements for charter schools to have their governance meetings and records subject to the state’s...
Read MoreBy JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware Email is part of our lives now. It came on like a category five hurricane just a generation ago, changing the world of business and bureaucracy and creating the...
Read MoreA recent exchange between Californians Aware and a San Diego area school board shows how a Brown Act remedy can be used to stop practices the challenger believes to violate the letter of the Act, or at least its spirit, in a...
Read MoreA bill recently approved by the Assembly Local Government Committee would allow majorities of city councils, boards of supervisors, school boards, planning commissions, special district boards and most of the related committees...
Read MoreBy JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware A widely criticized effort by San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott and State Senator Ben Hueso to weaken California’s open records law recently went down in...
Read MoreTen ways you can advance your rights to know, speak, write and publish about issues that matter—where you live You don’t have to be a lawyer, lobbyist or policy wonk to make improvements in how open your city council, county...
Read MoreBy JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware Firefights have broken out across California. The weapons used are not guns but words as police unions across the state are digging in over a recently enacted...
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve is the last day to make a tax deductible contribution to Californians Aware for 2018, and that support can tide us over while we seek more substantial grant funding. Going into the new year, here’s a quick...
Read MoreCalifornians Aware just earned a Gold Seal of Transparency on @GuideStarUSA. By adding information about our goals, strategies, capabilities, achievements, and progress indicators, we’re highlighting the difference we help to...
Read MoreGiving Tuesday is a reminder that if you think CalAware’s record—in advancing open government, citizen engagement and free expression on matters of public concern—has been both ambitious and worth sustaining, it’s...
Read MoreThe local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has announced that Mel Shapiro of San Diego, one of California’s most remarkable transparency watchdogs—neither a journalist, a lawyer nor a politician—has died...
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