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Council debates charter amendments and election rules; city attorney briefs on use of public resources
Summary
Council discussed charter-review recommendations—civil service changes, council compensation, elected vs. appointed clerk/treasurer—and received a city-attorney briefing on the Government Code prohibition on using city resources for campaign activity and on limits to policing speech in public forums.
City Attorney Garcia gave a legal briefing to the council and the public about the use of government resources for campaign activity and the narrow scope for restricting political speech in public forums. Garcia explained that Government Code section 8314 (as discussed in the meeting) forbids substantial city-resources use for campaign activity but preserves an incidental-or-minimal-use exception and that parks and plazas, as traditional public forums, receive high First Amendment protection.
The attorney said city-produced photography, video and the official city seal are protected intellectual property and warned campaigns…
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