The California Supreme Court declined last month to review an appellate court ruling, which, as a result, upholds the public’s access to autopsies and medical examiner reports, even over family
"In 1958, the Los Angeles Times sued the California Board of Education for holding secret meetings. The Times won that case, and a new law reformed the process for public meetings and decision-making in all state boards and commissions," write Brittney Barsotti and Scott Kaufman in a Commentary for CalMatters. "Now there is a bill, Senate Bill 544 authored by Sen. John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), that seeks to restrict the public’s ability to attend these meetings in person."
For a July meeting, the Little Hoover Commission an independent state oversight agency posted notice that the public could attend in Sacramento, but also in Traverse City, Mich., or Southampton, N.Y.
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