FAC

Q: Made Request for records under 6257(f) as the “authorized representative”of a victim and police are claiming disclosure would “endanger successful completion” of six-month-old investigation. No objection re standing or anything else just the investigation exemption. They refuse to articulate how disclosure would endanger. Can’t find any case law on this exemption. [su_button url=”https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/legal-hotline/” target=”blank” style=”3d” background=”#be202f” color=”#ffffff” size=”4″ wide=”yes” center=”yes” radius=”0″ icon_color=”#ffffff” onclick=”CLICK TO LEGAL HOTLINE” class=”div { font-size:x-small; }”]Not the answer need? Ask our Legal Hotline attorneys.[/su_button]

Q:  I am litigating a public records act petition for writ of mandate in Superior Court. The tentative initially went in my favor, but after oral argument, the court reversed its position and denied my petition outright. I am considering an appeal. Are appeals of petitions for writ of mandate under the PRA discretionary, or as a matter of right? How do they differ from traditional state appeals? The formal order and judgment denying the

Q: Three nights ago, my city noticed a special meeting 27 hours prior to holding it. The special meeting was scheduled to occur immediately following a regularly scheduled city council meeting. Regular city council meetings rarely end before 10:00 PM. In this case, the regular meeting did not end until 12:23 AM. Lots of controversy that night. The Special meeting was convened a few moments later. Everybody had gone home by then. The Council voted to

Q: I recently discovered that it is a common practice among many agencies to publish videos on YouTube and to set their privacy to “Unlisted.” Unlisted videos do not show up in searches and do not show up in the YouTube account-holder’s public video list, but they are accessible to anyone who has the video’s URL. I want to be able to view all unlisted videos that a particular agency has posted, however I am