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    Op-ed: California Governor Should Commit to Transparency in Clemency Process

    […] our courts: "People in an open society do not demand infallibility from their institutions, but it is difficult for them to accept what they are prohibited from observing." David Snyder is the executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, a California nonprofit dedicated to advancing free speech, open government and public participation in civic affairs.

    July 7, 2021

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    What it Costs to Fight Government Secrecy | A Message from David Snyder

    […] year, you know that FAC has broken new ground in 2021 in our fight to protect a free press and the public’s right to know. We’ve forced government agencies to unseal thousands of pages of previously secret records. We’ve armed journalists and lawyers with knowledge and expertise to defend free-press rights. And we’ve been […]

    November 22, 2021

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    CPRA

    Title IX Compliance Report

    Someone filed a complaint in 2007 alleging that the School District has failed to comply with Title IX of the Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1972.  Then OCR, the agency responsible for compliance with Title IX within the US Department of Education contacted the district and the district filed what […]

    June 14, 2009

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    The ongoing push for police transparency 

    […] apply to other records, SB 1421 and SB 16 specifically reject it for the records covered by those laws. We will continue to demand compliance with open- government laws. We know there can be no accountability without transparency. — David Loy, Legal Director, First Amendment Coalition Use our open-government resources: Bookmark our Police Transparency […]

    May 18, 2022

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    CPRA

    Destroying public records under the CPRA

    Under what circumstances can government agencies (i.e., a city government) destroy records? I see requests to destroy records from time to time on City Council agendas and this piqued my interest. One recent item stated that said records were "at least two years old" and ready to be destroyed. That seems odd but I […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Request for police surveillance records met with 90-day delay

    […] officer who responded to this request, with no response from him. Simply, 90 days being much more than the time allowed by law, where can we make a complaint? Is this something we should act on legally? Thanks for your help. We have used this hotline several times now and have greatly appreciated your responses

    September 15, 2011

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    The Hannity Reveal Was Huge News — But Everyone Missed The Most Important Point

    […] in most types of court proceedings must justify that request by showing the sealing of documents is "strictly and inescapably necessary" in order to protect a "compelling government interest." In layman’s terms, that means it should be very difficult to do what Cohen’s lawyers wanted to do—submit secret information to a court. Everyone has […]

    May 8, 2018

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    Limitation On Public Comments At City Council Meeting

    If a city council establishes a protocol whereby the mayor may unilaterally decide to limit public comments on a topic to no more than 45 minutes, thereby preventing people present who wish to make public comments from speaking, is that compliant with the Brown Act?

    March 3, 2020

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    Free the Hewlett-Packard 5!

    […] disaffected employees or board members from leaking. The media’s relative freedom to publish leaks, whether from corporations or the Defense Department, is a function of corporations’ and government’s relative freedom to identify and punish leakers in their own ranks. If they were constrained in their ability to deter leaks internally, their claim to stop […]

    June 2, 2009