Bray vs. LA Impact

The Metropolitan News-Enterprise is the first newspaper to talk to Chris Bray about his frustrations with the countywide narcotics task force LA Impact over its foot-dragging in complying with his public records requests. Bray - his latest missive to LA Impact attorney Christy O'Donnell is here - plans to file a complaint with the DA's public integrity division and threatened another lawsuit.

From the MNE story:

A former newspaper reporter who successfully sued to have a task force organized by Los Angeles County police chiefs to coordinate the battle against drug trafficking to open at least some of its meetings to the public over four years ago said yesterday he will ask District Attorney Steve Cooley’s Public Integrity Division to investigate the agency for further violations of the Ralph M. Brown Act.

Chris Bray, who once covered the Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force for the Claremont Courier, also said he may file another lawsuit against the agency.

Bray and open-government activist Richard McKee of Californians Aware sued the agency, popularly known as LA IMPACT, for violating the Brown Act in 2004.

This district’s Court of Appeal ruled that the task force was subject to the act’s requirement that meetings be “open and public,” but Bray told the MetNews the organization is “playing a ridiculous game” to thwart his ability to obtain minutes and agendas from LA Impact Board of Directors meetings.