The essentials: 5 lessons to start with

Short on time? Start with these five lessons. They cover the rights you are most likely to use with the City of Williams. Each one has a short quiz at the end. All 68 lessons stay in the full course.

1. Step 1 First Amendment: Religion, speech, press, assembly and petitionYour right to speak, including at a council meeting, and who the rule binds.Lesson 1 · Speech, religion and public comment
2. Step 2 California Article I (part 2): Speech, petition, open government and religionWhy open meetings and public records are a right in California.Lesson 2 · Speech, religion and public comment
3. Step 3 Fourth Amendment: Searches, seizures and warrantsWhat to know when a city inspector or officer wants to come in.Lesson 15 · Police, searches and your day in court
4. Step 4 Fourteenth Amendment: Citizenship, due process and equal protectionFair notice, a fair hearing and equal treatment from the city.Lesson 29 · Equal treatment and due process
5. Step 5 California Article XIII D: Assessments and property-related fees (Proposition 218)The rules the city must follow to raise water and sewer fees.Lesson 23 · Taxes, budgets, fees and utilities

Done? Try the final quiz. It has questions from across the whole course.