The fact that Google can make these kinds of threats at all is indicative of its monopoly power over news publishers. If Google really wants to help news publishers, it could start by paying more than $100 for 132,000 Adsense impressions. blog.google/products/news/…

Vallejo’s police settlement agreement with DOJ is coming under swift criticism by civil rights attorneys who strongly believe that the oversight should under a judge's mandate – which this does not. 

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This story marks the return of Vallejo Sun co-founder John Glidden ☀️ as a Sun contributor after a year. John will be contributing occasional community and history stories going forward.
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NEW: Attorneys for the family of Sean Monterrosa, who was killed by a Vallejo police officer in 2020, are seeking sanctions against the Vallejo police union for defying a subpoena for over two years.
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The state DOJ ended court oversight of Vallejo police on Tuesday after contentious exchanges with the judge assigned to the case. Instead, a new monitor will report directly to the DOJ.
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Another news publisher rehashed 4 months of my reporting and refused to mention it, instead referring to my published article as 'an online post.'

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that the Vallejo Police Officers Association brought against the city of Vallejo on Tuesday and ruled that the police union cannot amend the complaint to rectify any deficiencies, permanently ending the suit. vallejosun.com/federal-judge-…

A Solano County Superior Court judge whom the state Department of Justice accused of bias and sought to disqualify from overseeing Vallejo police reforms has returned to the case after another judge rejected the Justice Department’s request.
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They're fielding a AAA team, might as well play in a AAA park. Maybe they should just be fully relegated at this point. ktvu.com/sports/oakland…

In our latest newsletter, read about:
✅David Loy and FAC Board member Karl Olson honored by SPJ NorCal Chapter
✅ Court stops attorney's attempt to censor The Vallejo Sun ☀️
✅ Drone footage access via public records requests

...and more. mailchi.mp/firstamendment…

Good for the -side publications to step away from this mess. Twitter is hardly worth the effort anymore and continuing to post here is a tacit endorsement of the direction it's taken over the last 18 months. Now if they would just join Mastodon... twitter.com/berkeleyside/s…

.Fairfield, CA Police now requiring public records requesters to provide phone number and address to submit a public records request. First Amendment Coalition has already been through this with Vallejo...
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Vallejo police Deputy Chief Joseph Gomez resigned from the Vallejo Police Department as of Wednesday after only nine months in the position, a department spokesperson said. A veteran police captain was also recently promoted to deputy chief.
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The Vallejo City Council reviewed early designs Tuesday to rebuild the Vallejo police HQ for an anticipated $121 million in overall construction costs and voted to allocate $2 million of Measure P sales tax revenue to move forward with the design process.
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Here are reactions from five local news producers to the latest Press Forward news: localnewsblues.com/local-news-pub…