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Brown Act

Is a contracted City Attorney a city employee?

[…] employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee unless the employee requests a public session." Gov't Code § 54757(b)(1). Government Code section 54957(b)(4) provides, in part, as follows: "For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "employee" shall include an officer or an independent contractor who […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Is it legal to charge fees for viewing a transcript?

[…] attorneys' fees are available should you be required to take court action. Holme Roberts & Owen 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.

October 21, 2011
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CPRA

UC keeps extending my records request without providing a reason

First let me extend the Coalition's sympathies for your recent loss. The Public Records Act, at Government Code section 6253(c), provides that "each agency, upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable […]

September 8, 2011
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CPRA

Denied Access to City Attorney Fees in Police Officer Assault Case

[…] reporting. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

May 9, 2019
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CPRA

How can my records request meet deadline if staff assigned is on vacation?

[…] litigation motivated the defendant to release the records. Motorola, 55 Cal. App. 4th at 1344.) Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition 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.

September 11, 2015
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CPRA

Accessing Termination of Employment Records

1) My former employer violated my privacy by releasing reasons why I was terminated to the public which was different from the reason that he has given me in writing. 2) I recently asked for copies of my emails pursuant to public records act and the City denied me them. .

June 14, 2009
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Unplug Wikileaks? Enact a Federal Shield Law Instead

[…] has made no secret of its desire to unplug wikileaks, the whistleblower website infamous for data dumps of classified records. Of the few options available to the government, the best is one that probably hasn't been considered in this context: enacting a federal Shield Law. How would a Shield Law–a version of which has […]
- Press Freedom
November 16, 2010
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CPRA

California Board of Equalization public access rules

Does the California Board of Equalization have any special exemptions or dispensations from the California public records act or public access to documents it archives?

January 7, 2011
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First Amendment

1st amendment right to porn denied by senior center

[…] said, there are several conditions under which the the dissemination of non-obscene sexual materials may nevertheless be restricted. First, the First Amendment restricts only the acts of government. Thus if the senior center is a private facility, and not run by the government, the senior center would be free to adopt its own policies. […]

June 10, 2013
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CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

Does the CPRA allow access to mugshots?

[…] standard reasoning for the exemption: "Based on your request for ‘the mug shot of the suspect arrested this morning for the fatal hit and run,’ the City must deny your request for the following reasons: Police Records: Records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or 1. records of intelligence information or security procedures […]

December 23, 2012