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    First Amendment

    Can businesses ban Google Glass?

    Can businesses ban customers from wearing Google Glass while on their premises? So, not simply banning video recording, but the actual wearing of the device.

    August 15, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Can A City Councilmember Change Recorded Vote If It Changes Outcome?

    […] deadlock. 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    April 5, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Third-Party Settlements

    The City has an obligation to make the settlement agreement public, under the Public Records Act ("PRA"). Records in the possession of state and local government entities are presumed to be public unless one of the PRA's enumerated exemptions to disclosure applies. See Cal Govt Code Section 6252. I know of no exemption in the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access to names of applicants to official positions

    […] are only asking for the names.  Disclosure of the names alone will not have any deterrent effect.  If it does, these people have no place applying for government positions.  Second, Proposition 59, passed last November, was designed to reverse those two cases I just mentioned.  You can download the language of the proposition and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Searching Fees for Records Requests

    As an architectural historian I often need to include alterations over time and must access and inspect, but not copy, building permits.   Riverside County indicates they will charge a fee based on work they must do to collect onsite materials (microfilm, 4x5 cards, old computer printouts), and to provide information on how to extract […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FAC Urges California Courts to Ensure Public Access Amid COVID-19 Emergency

    […] concerned members of the press and public will face insurmountable barriers to access judicial records and proceedings. The coalition makes a number of recommendations: First, telephonic hearings must be conducted on conference lines that make some allowance for free public usage. And dial-in information must be readily available to the public in advance of […]

    March 25, 2020

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    CPRA

    Sheriff Denied My Request For Data From Automated License Plate Readers

    […] 6259(d). 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.

    January 20, 2021

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police refuse request for incident report from peaceful protest

    […] deputies, and eventually the Lt. all conferred together with the private security official, and then left the scene without telling any of us of any alleged infr action or complaint. The private security official then approached each of us handing us a written notification bearing our personal identifying information, threatening to arrest us for […]

    September 9, 2011

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    CPRA

    How to file a verified petition

    […] plaintiff who prevails in litigation filed pursuant to the Act.  Gov't Code § 6259(d). 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.

    April 18, 2016