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    First Amendment

    FAC Condemns Kern County for Violating Local Man’s First Amendment Rights

    Read June 28, 2022, FAC Letter to Kern County Counsel Over Speech-Chilling Threat The First Amendment Coalition today sent a letter to the Kern County Counsel's Office condemning a legal threat the office made against a member of the public, Bakersfield resident Eddy Laine, after Laine exercised his right to complain to a state […]

    June 28, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Posting agendas and notification of action in special/closed sessions

    […] posted for 10 days following the meeting. If there was a violation of the Brown Act, your remedies are: (1) to demand that the School District board cure and correct the violation, and if they do not then sue to have the action taken by the board through the closed session process set aside; […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Cases

    Thompson v. Spitzer

    This amicus letter argues law professor Andrea Roth is protected by the reporter shield law and First Amendment against a subpoena issued by the Orange County District Attorney's office for sources she spoke to for a 2019 law review article about a controversial DNA collection program.

    January 7, 2025

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    How to file a Brown Act complaint

    If you feel that the Brown Act was violated, the first step would be to send a letter to the planning commission demanding that it cure or correct the action taken in violation of the Brown Act. "The demand shall be in writing and clearly describe the challenged action of the legislative body and […]

    August 6, 2011

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    Brown Act

    The city decided in closed session to let Wal Mart pick up legal tab for lawsuit

    […] with Wal-Mart. If you conclude that the Brown Act was violated, the first step would be to send a letter to the city council demanding that it cure or correct the action taken in violation of the Brown Act. "The demand shall be in writing and clearly describe the challenged action of the legislative […]

    August 20, 2012

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    CPRA

    Access to public records denied during business hours

    […] employees"). If you would like a copy of a particular record, you should make your request in writing to the agency (a sample Public Records Act request letter may be found on this website: Sample CPRA Request Letter.  The request must "reasonably describe an identifiable record or records."  Gov't Code section 6253(b).  You are […]

    November 21, 2009

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    Brown Act

    School Board Trustees meeting with union reps in violation of Brown Act

    […] null and void because it was taken in violation of certain provisions of the Brown Act is that a written demand be sent demanding that the body cure and correct the action. Please note, however, that the Brown Act imposes fairly strict requirements on the enforcement of the Brown Act, including deadlines for taking […]

    August 29, 2010

  • Posts

    First Amendment

    FAC, ACLU Urge Temecula School Board and Its President to Halt Free Speech Violations at Meetings

    […] a series of controversial decisions including firing the superintendent, banning "critical race theory," and opposing a new curriculum that mentions Harvey Milk.  As discussed in the demand letter, Board President Joseph Komrosky has repeatedly violated the Brown Act and First Amendment by ejecting community members from board meetings simply for criticizing board members, for […]

    August 22, 2023

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    CPRA

    My PRA request denied, but Buzzfeed published documents on similar case

    […] tried to fix some of them. After I left, a CBOP inspector (a specially trained pharmacist) investigated the hospital pharmacy. In December of 2015, I received a letter from the CBOP citing me for a total of $5000. I was advised by my attorney that since it is a government agency, the citation cannot […]

    September 2, 2016

  • Latest News

    Advocacy Press Release

    Groups Urge Mendocino County to Repeal Unlawful Public Records Fee Ordinance

    Letter urges county officials to stop unlawful practice of charging high fees to respond to California Public Records Act requests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2023 Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org The First Amendment Coalition and ACLU of Northern California today called on Mendocino County to repeal an unlawful ordinance that imposes high fees on public […]

    April 27, 2023