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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Moves to Unseal Search Warrants in Illegal Police Raid on SF Journalist

    […] on press rights demands accountability, and accountability starts with knowing the facts." On March 10, nearly a dozen armed officers raided Carmody’s home and office, seizing dozens electronic devices and other materials. Using a sledgehammer and handcuffing Carmody, a freelance videographer, for hours, police carted away more than a dozen of Carmody’s electronic devices. […]

    May 17, 2019

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    CPRA

    How can I find out if a non-profit is cooking the books?

    Whether or not the Humane Society is covered by the Public Records Act would depend on how the Society was created, funded and governed. In order to be subject to the Act, the organization must qualify as a "legislative body" of a local agency. The Act explicitly provides that "nonprofit entities that are legislative […]

    May 21, 2015

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    CPRA FOIA

    FOIA precedents and the CPRA

    Can a federal FOIA case serve as a precedent for a CA Public Records Act case?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to rezoning information

    […] members of the public.  Therefore, an agency such as the school district does not necessarily need to respond to general requests for information.  However, the California Public Records Act ("PRA") controls whether or not members of the public have a right to inspect documents of state and local agencies.  Therefore, you may have a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Requests for applications of public positions

    The information you are requesting is not expressly exempt from required disclosure under the Public Records Act.  However, as you may already know, there are two cases addressing comparable situations that the City may be using to justify non-disclosure:  Wilson v. Superior Court, 51 Cal. App. 4th 1136 (1997) and California First Amendment Coalition […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Cases

    Apple v Samsung appeals court signals interest in transparency issue

    […] the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to void rulings by the trial judge that order the companies to unseal--that is, make public--financial and other records that they filed with the court. FAC joined the case as an amicus to advocate the unsealing of the records, and for greater transparency in patent […]

    March 15, 2013

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC sues Sonoma County to unlock secret Super Bowl promo deal

    […] of a Sonoma County agency’s contract to promote county wines to football  fans visiting the Bay Area for the February 7 Super Bowl. FAC filed a public records request for the contract, under which the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau, together with organizations representing vineyards and wine growers, reportedly committed as much as $1 million […]

    February 4, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Access to Police Officer personnel files

    […] of Rights," it is generally not possible to get access to a police officers personnel file. However, as to at least two of the three categories of records you want, you have an alternative argument.  In Government Code section 6254.8, the California Public Records Act provides an absolute right of access to every employment […]

    June 14, 2009

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    City says building plans can be viewed but not copied

    […] to provide them to the agency under § 19850. In that case, there might have to be some other justification for refusing to permit copying of the records (or the records might be subject to disclosure). With the language of § 19851 in hand, it might be worth pushing back on the asserted connection […]

    September 19, 2012