FAC

Q: Our Community College covers a broad service area—including seveal communities and military posts. We post agendas in all locations (locked, glass front display cases) where the agenda can be access at all times, 72 hours or more in advance. We use roll call to identify all attendees, and roll call to identify all votes, though for approval of minutes and other non-controversial business we ask first if there is an objection, if we hear none,

Q:  Are emails conducting public business done by private contractors for a public agency subject to the Public Records Act? The contractors are hired to do various element of Bond Program Management and act in a function that is very much like or identical to in house staff. A: Under the Public Records Act (“PRA”), public records—which include “any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by

Q:  I’ve been having a really hard time understanding how to send a freedom of information act requests to the San Francisco Airport.A web search gave me nothing, except for something about a “Sunshine Ordinance” though I can see that California has a Freedom of Information law in place. Can you help me understand how freedom of information requests work for the City and County of San Fransisco? A: In California, you may request public records