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Above The Law?

Jerry Brown has spent decades in the government and should be familiar with the Public Records Act. Why isn’t he following its provisions?

“In enacting this chapter, the Legislature…finds and declares that access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state.”

- California Government Code

While the North Valley Military Institute’s alleged violations of the law are all concerning, none are more troubling than the accusations of sexual misconduct. These have included a lawsuit claiming that an administrator sexually assaulted students and then retaliated against parents who reported those actions. Accusations have also been made that NVMI students have assaulted and harassed students at Valley Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (VOCES), the public school where the charter is co-located under the rules of PROP-39.

A tip received from a concerned community member suggests that a sexually charged culture is something that may have been inherited from the school’s sister organization in Oakland. Reports indicate that the Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy has also been the subject of…