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CPRA

Enforcement of the CPRA

Who enforces the California Public Records Act? I have been seeking information from a regional services district, but they refuse to provide me with the information I am seeking which would provide evidence of their misrepresentation of facts and directly and repeatedly lying to me. They say that the information (granted water permit applications) […]

June 14, 2009
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University of California Press

I am a journalist working on a book about a cult that was active in southern California in the 90s. As part of my research, I am trying to obtain records from the University of California Press about a book they published. My hope is to obtain the minutes of the editorial committee meeting […]

June 14, 2009
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FAC Urges California Supreme Court to Require Transparency in Clemency Proceedings

[…] the California Supreme Court to require more transparency in an important area of the criminal justice system: the justices’ oversight of executive clemency. In California, the governor must seek approval from the state Supreme Court to pardon or commute the sentences of one category of applicants, those twice convicted of felonies. But that process […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
January 13, 2021
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Q&A: FAC Legal Director David Loy on the right to honk your horn as a form of expression

[…] First Amendment Coalition is supporting a federal civil rights case brought by the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties that aims to limit when the government can ticket someone for sounding their car horn to speak out (read our amicus brief). The ACLU’s case is on behalf of Susan Porter, a San […]

February 16, 2022
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CPRA

Non-compliance of 10-day rule regarding CPRA

[…] law does not require that the records actually be produced within the 10 days. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

March 24, 2013
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FAC Obtains Clemency Records in 6 California Cases After Challenging Secret Docket

[…] filed in other courts, underscoring why there is no valid argument for complete secrecy. "The governor has taken the position that every last page of these files must be secret — a position that is as impossible to support legally as it is facially ridiculous," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder."FAC will continue to […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 23, 2019
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CPRA

Can an agency’s CPRA defense go beyond the exemptions in the initial denial?

I was recently denied government records based on a single specific exemption to the California Public Records Act. I truly believe these records should be public so I filed a lawsuit myself to compel disclosure. After serving the lawsuit, the head of the agency informed me during a meeting that they may defend the […]

September 16, 2010
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Legislature approves FAC-sponsored bill on cell phone privacy. Will Brown sign it?

[…] a warrant or other judicial supervision. (d) The intrusion on the information privacy and freedom of communication of any person arrested is of such enormity that it must require arresting officers to obtain a warrant to search the information contained in or accessed through an arrested's arrested person's portable electronic device, such as a […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 2, 2011
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CPRA

Tax collector withholding documents

[…] of information does not necessarily mean that it would apply to exempt this kind of information in the hands of your County Tax Collector's Office. This exemption must be applied on a case by case basis. The California Supreme Court has stated that "this provision contemplates a case-by-case balancing process, with the burden of […]

July 16, 2009
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CPRA

Same fees assessed for electronic data as photocopies

[…] agency must be able to demonstrate how it calculated those costs using real data. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

March 23, 2012