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  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Welcomes Legal Fellow Monica Price

    […] a judicial extern for Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court and was president of the UC Hastings American Constitution Society. She also interned with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Complex and Affirmative Litigation Division at the San Francisco City Attorney's Office. Price’s research interests include police accountability, civil liberties and internet […]

    July 22, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Printing by public officials

    Under the California Public Records Act, Cal. Gov't Code sections 6250 et seq. ("PRA"), any member of the public has a right to inspect documents owned, used or retained by a state or local agency unless one of the PRA's exemptions to disclosure applies.  A request under the PRA can be either oral or […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA FOIA

    FOIA precedents and the CPRA #2

    Would a Federal FOIA (Exemption 6) be precedent setting in California where the records in question fall under CPRA Section 6254(c)- personnel, medical, or similar files. Thank you. I appreciate it.CPRA exemption for private personal information Section 6254 Personnel, medical or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Availability of agendas

    […] concerning public sessions available "upon request without delay."  The body can charge a copying fee, but not if you just want to inspect (and not copy) the records. You should be able to walk into the agency's office and request to see copies of the agendas and, if they are kept, the minutes of […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Council Meetings On Zoom Have Increased Brown Act Violations During The Public Comment Period

    […] . . body . . . that holds a meeting via teleconferencing and allows members of the public to observe and address the meeting telephonically or otherwise electronically…shall have satisfied any requirement that the body allow members of the public to attend the meeting and offer public comment." As such, providing an online option […]

    April 21, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act CPRA

    Can finalists for city jobs be kept secret?

    […] Brown Act. Although It sounds like the information has already been released, another way to get at the identities of the committee members might be the Public Records Act. That is, even if the meetings of the panel might be held out of public view, any records containing the names of the panelists would […]

    March 18, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Handbooks

    FOIA: Sample Request Letter

    For more information on how to make a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and where to send your request. You might also find additional help submitting a FOIA request at the website of FAC’S FOIA focused, non-profit partner, MuckRock. FOIA: Your Right to Federal Records (2011) Where to send a FOIA request MuckRock

    September 8, 2024