[Answer]-How to write user specific views?

Another solution (involving not modifying the arguments to __init__(), which may be troublesome) is to define which URLs need is_staff in TOP_NAVIGATION_BAR, like this:

TOP_NAVIGATION_BAR = [
    {{'name': 'Secure', 'href': '/my_app/Secure', active: False, secure: True},
    ...
]

Now, you can carry out the check itself in the template (assuming your navigation menu appears in the template as the nav_menu context variable):

{% for menu_item in top_menu %}
{% if not menu_item.secure or request.user.is_staff %}
    <a href='{{ menu_item.href }}' ...
{% endif %}
{% endfor %}