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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 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

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Posts

    FAC Joins Nationwide Coalition Urging Transparency and Access in Response to COVID-19

    […] Freedom of Information Coalition and 130 organizations nationwide in a letter to state, tribal and local public institutions raising concerns about transparency and access to meetings and records as these institutions respond to the coronavirus public-health crisis. Government bodies should not opportunistically take advantage of the public’s inability to attend large gatherings to make […]

    March 20, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Non-response to CPRA requests

    I sent a public records act request to the City Clerk of my City and I have not received a call or response to my request.  I am sending a second letter and attaching the first letter, but what can I do next if the city does not respond?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to names of applicants to official positions

    The information you are requesting is not expressly exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act.  There are two cases addressing comparable situations, however, that may be used by the City to justify non disclosure:  Wilson v. Superior Court, 51 Cal. App. 4th1136 (1997), and California First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court,67 Cal. […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Foreign Nationals’ Open Government Rights

    No, the rights created by CA's access laws are not limited to citizens. Citizenship is irrelevant. Even foreign individuals and foreign corporations may assert the rights to open meetings (the Brown Act) and rights to public records (the California Public Records Act).

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Time to shed light on CalPERS’ private equity investments

    […] on the Legislature in 2007 to enact, for their private equity deals, secrecy protection that is excessive, unnecessary--and, consequently, dangerous.  (The law, an amendment to the Public Records Act, is Government Code section 6254.26). Although some degree of legal protection may be justified for genuine trade secrets and competitively sensitive business strategies (sections 6254.26(a)(1)&(4)), […]

    July 15, 2014

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Free Speech & Open Government Award winners honored at Cal Press Foundation 138th Annual Dinner Banquet

    […] their advancement of government transparency: Monterey County Weekly is recognized for its years-­long effort, led by Editor Mary Duan and Staff Writer Sara Rubin, to unearth public records, conduct interviews and produce an ambitious series outlining the story behind the story of a sexual abuse case involving Father Edward Fitz­Henry and the Monterey Diocese. […]

    December 15, 2015