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  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    Khrystan Policarpio Joins FAC as Legal Fellow

    […] gained excellent experience inside and outside the classroom that make her a great asset to the organization." Policarpio's work at FAC focuses on expanding access to public records and government meetings, and defending freedom of speech and freedom of the press. In addition to assisting FAC attorneys with litigating cases in court, Policarpio participates […]

    October 18, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Government has retaliated against me for publicly criticizing the Vets Administration.

    I am service connected veteran openly criticizing government officials at the Veterans Administration. By exercising my rights under the constitution I was subjected to a pattern of retaliation from being denied educational benefits, denied requests for information about my vocational rehabilitation records, and denied due process under the 5th Amendment. What can I do?

    March 3, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Emails to officials

    […] laws that would mandate that a mayor or city manager actually read an incoming email.As to the second issue, the general rules regarding the destruction of city records are contained in Government Code section 34090 et seq, the text of which can be found at the link below. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/gov/34090-34093.html There may be other local […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Personnel Privacy and Public Access to Incident Reports

    Under the California Public Records Act (CPRA), section 6254(f) of the California Government Code, the agency MUST give to the victims of an incident, or their representative, "the names and addresses of persons involved in, or witnesses other than confidential informants to, the incident, the description of any property involved, the date, time and location […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Closed meeting and the Brown Act

    […] the Brown Act.  With respect to providing copies of the amendment, this would seem to be required by the Brown Act (Govt. Code Section 54957.5) and Public Records Act (Govt. Code Section 6251 and following).  As for comment, the Brown Act provides that members of the public can comment "on any item of interest […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    CFAC v. Santa Clara County and Critical Infrastructure Information

    Has there been any appellate court ruling in CFAC v. Santa Clara County? I'm very curious about the Critical Infrastructure Information issue that the County raised in the trial court, having just had my California Public Records Act request to another agency denied on similar grounds.

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    NYT still has the power to alter the facts of the very story on which it is reporting.

    […] on. Take for example an article in the business section of Sunday’s New York Times about commercial websites that publish police mugshots---millions of mugshots obtained as public records from police departments across the country. These websites are in the humiliation business, posting mugshots indiscriminately, with no consideration for whether the pictured individuals have ever […]

    October 7, 2013