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A&A: CPRA request on pension investments was denied for the “public good”

FAC May 15, 2012

Q: I am seeking some clarification regarding the use of Government Code Section 6255(a) by the San Diego County Employees Retirement System and am wondering if there is any case law that shows the use of this law is not being applied correctly. I have included the information below that the plan provided me. “…documents evaluating performance of managers and any documents relating to a manager change before the change is made, are confidential under

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A&A: How do I appeal the denial of a CPRA request?

FAC May 15, 2012

Q: While traveling in California, I had property stolen out of my hotel room and I filed a police report.  When I returned home, I made a public records request to the PD for a copy of the report.  My request was denied.  I am wondering who do I write to so I can appeal the denial? Is there a way to file the request pursuant to the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)? I’m

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A&A: Fees for “compiling” digital documents at UC?

FAC May 15, 2012

Q: I am trying to obtain public records at my university which are stored in electronic format. I have been told that I will be charged $.20 per page for the electronic record and, upon inquiring about this fee have been referred to the following policy by the California State University: Public Records Act? The records that I am trying to obtain are in ready-made format and used for analysis by the CSU on a

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A&A: City says it can’t fulfill CPRA request for a month

FAC May 10, 2012

Q: I filed a CPRA request with the city for information on a story that I’m reporting on my blog. I noticed when reviewing commercial warrants that payments were made (nearly $400,000) to a private management company. The town has been giving the public regular financial reports concerning a private country club they purchased, but the aforementioned payments don’t show up on the Treasurer’s report. My CPRA asked for documents supporting the account used that

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FAC Announces Advisory Board Members

FAC May 3, 2012

The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the creation of a Board of Advisors to provide advice to FAC’s Directors and staff. Members of the Advisory Board are leaders and experts in areas of importance to FAC, including First Amendment law, journalism, the internet’s impact on free speech, Freedom of Information, philanthropy and the media industry. The initial nine members of the Advisory Board are listed below (in alphabetical order): Floyd Abrams, partner at the

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