FAC

Q: I am struggling to get the court records from my divorce proceeding. What should I do? A:  With respect to your court record, you should be able to access this record from the court where your case in pending (which sounds like Sacramento Superior Court).  There is a presumptive First Amendment right of access to court records.  Even if there’s some reason why your case has been sealed, it would seem that you, as a

Q: I am having difficulty obtaining the autopsy records from the reported mass shooting in Thousand Oaks on November 7-8, 2018. My understanding is Autopsy Records are public records in the State of California. How do I force the Medical Examiner’s hand? I’ve been asking about these since November. They don’t even cite an exemption from the PRA. A: The California Public Records Act (CPRA) sets forth the rules and procedures governing information disclosures made

Q: I recently tried to access email communications between a current elected city official and a former elected city official over a local project that’s being funded by public funds. The city responded to my requests, but only with publicly accessible information, essentially amounting to a refusal. Reasons included: the information in these emails was designated confidential and proprietary by a third party, publishing the emails could result in copyright infringement, and the emails include pre-decisional