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FAC lawsuit leads to model CPRA policy for dot-gov email

[…] database for at least two years. And council members’ emails on their private email accounts must be forwarded on a regular basis to the city database. Auburn’s new policy is the result of a settlement of a PRA suit filed by FAC in early 2012. Prior to the suit, Auburn, like many California local […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
December 23, 2012
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FAC Opposes AB 817, a Bill Weakening the Brown Act’s Public Meeting Protections

FAC sent this letter to Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco to oppose AB 817, a bill that would reduce the transparency and accountability of local government meetings, by allowing certain entities to meet entirely virtually.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
May 14, 2024
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Brown Act First Amendment

Limiting Public Comment at Meetings

[…] rule ad-hoc during one meeting, and only afterwards brought it to the City Council and City Attorney for validation. He is now on trial for disrupting a meeting by refusing to abide by this limit, and asked me to follow up on previous conversations and see if you had any new thoughts on this issue.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

If A Lawyer Sends A Threatening Letter to A City Attorney Marked “Confidential” Is It?

The entire re-casting of the agreement between the City and the County was initiated with a letter from a lawyer who wrote the City Attorney a letter. He attached a draft civil complaint of what they might file, a central set of arguments the consideration of which must have led to further discussions, and […]

November 5, 2018
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FAC Prevails in Effort to Force CA Attorney General to Disclose Police Misconduct Files

[…] Amendment Coalition (FAC)—a victory for government transparency against one of the few remaining police agencies in the state to refuse to comply with Senate Bill 1421, California’s new landmark police transparency bill that went into effect on Jan. 1. San Francisco Superior Court judge Richard B. Ulmer, Jr. soundly rejected the Attorney General’s claim […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
May 17, 2019
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FAC Joins Nationwide Coalition Urging Transparency and Access in Response to COVID-19

Today the First Amendment Coalition joined the National 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 […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
March 20, 2020
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CPRA

Accessing public payrolls

[…] with me sent an appeal to the district's superintendent's office, but to no avail. At this point, we are unaware of any further options we might have open to us, but we believe we are being improperly denied what should be public information. Do you have any suggestions about what steps I should take […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Can businesses ban Google Glass?

[…] on after it becomes available to the general public, businesses may not have a choice. 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.

August 15, 2014
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CPRA FOIA Police Records

Obtaining concluded investigative reports

Can an individual obtain through the freedom of Information Act a law enforcement investigation report that has already been concluded? December 8th, 2004 through December 26th, 2004. It was a shooting accident among law enforcement personnel at a shooting range in Northern California.

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Can California Agencies Continue to Hold Meetings Remotely After the State Reopens?

I asked a water agency in California if it planned to continue holding meetings online after the state reopens this month, and it said that would not be legal under the Brown Act. Is that true?

June 11, 2021