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    CPRA

    How can copy fees vary from agency to agency?

    […] for the bid results, evaluation results and winning bidders proposal. I received a letter back stating that I had to pay $0.50 per page when I normally pay $0.10 per copy from government agencies. Is this correct? Also, why do most agencies just email it to us at no cost and some say they can’t?

    September 5, 2011

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    CPRA School Records

    PRA Response Says Records Were Not Found, But I Know They Exist. How to respond?

    […] there is evidence that this correspondence does exist, and the campus newspaper has copies of this correspondence, you might want to let the university know that under Government Code § 6254.5, "if a state or local agency discloses a public record that is otherwise exempt from this chapter, to a member of the public, […]

    May 6, 2019

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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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    Google’s purchase of Motorola shows dangers of out-of-control patent litigation

    […] growth and job growth is huge. Politicians and economists, particularly of the Republican variety, have been quick to blame the US economy's slow pace of recovery on government uncertainty--uncertainty about the impact on businesses of new federal initiatives (particularly, the Obama administration's healthcare program), tax policy, and environmental regulations. They should be expressing similar […]

    August 16, 2011

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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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    First Amendment Social Media

    The mayor blocked people on Facebook after they posted comments in support of Black Lives Matter. Is that illegal?

    Blocking users from social media profiles has become a troubling trend amongst government officials nationwide, and the courts have not yet come to a consensus on how the First Amendment applies. As you may have heard, a federal court in New York found that President Trump’s blocking of certain followers on Twitter was a […]

    June 6, 2020

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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

    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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    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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    Google’s Antitrust Wrist Slap Is Right Result for Wrong Reason. Right Reason: Google Search Results are Protected Speech

    […] "search bias" allegations, reached the right destination, but it took the wrong route to get there. The search results produced by Google's search engine are exempt from government control, whether under antitrust or other laws, because they are protected, as free speech, by the proverbial "higher law" of the First Amendment. First Amendment considerations […]

    January 7, 2013