<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>sent from <a href="http://eddan.com">eddan.com</a></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Richard Knee <<a href="mailto:rak0408@EARTHLINK.NET">rak0408@EARTHLINK.NET</a>><br><b>Date:</b> March 10, 2014 at 4:49:23 PM PDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:FOI-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">FOI-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Legal case could kill key part of San Francisco sunshine law</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Richard Knee <<a href="mailto:rak0408@EARTHLINK.NET">rak0408@EARTHLINK.NET</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p><i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>By
Tim Redmond<br>
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<p><i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt;">There’s
a legal case making its way through the court system that
could invalidate a critical part of the city’s landmark
Sunshine Ordinance.<br>
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<p><i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt;">The
case, St. Croix v Superior Court, stems from a lawsuit
sunshine activist Allen Grossman filed seeking copies of the
communications the Ethics Commission had with the City
Attorney’s Office over proposed changes to how the commission
handles sunshine complaints.<br>
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<i> </i><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size:
14pt;"><i>At issue is one of the trickier points of law: Does the
long-sacred right of attorney-client privilege always trump the
ability of the voters in a city to mandate the release of
documents?</i><i><br>
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</i><i>[. . .]</i></span><span style="font-family: Times New
Roman; font-size: 14pt;"><i><br>
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</i><i><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://48hillsonline.org/2014/03/10/legal-case-could-invalidate-part-of-sfs-landmark-sunshine-ordinance/">http://48hillsonline.org/2014/03/10/legal-case-could-invalidate-part-of-sfs-landmark-sunshine-ordinance/</a></i></span>
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