Westminster Councilwoman Amy Phan West is heading into another legal fight with her city council colleagues, this time over one question – who is allowed to livestream and record a city council meeting?

The debate comes after a majority of the city council voted to stop Phan West from recording a special meeting on Oct. 6 from her phone, with Councilman Carlos Manzo calling it a distraction.

“I personally do not want one of my colleagues recording me,” Manzo said at the meeting. “I don’t know if the rest of my colleagues are comfortable with that.”

Phan West pushed back, arguing that the meeting was already being recorded by city staff and that it was her right to record anything she wanted.

“This is my freedom of speech,” Phan West said.

It’s the newest chapter in a series of disagre

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