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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Agency Claims 90-Day Records Request Response Time

    I am requesting records from multiple agencies. and meeting with resistance and run around.ย  In one case, my request passed through three agencies until I was finally told that a response would be forthcoming in 90 days.ย  I questioned the 90 days and below was a response from there legal dept. "Government Code 6253(c) […]

    February 14, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Multiple CPRA Requests For A Decades Old Homicide Have Been Denied Without Explanation

    I am seeking in formation from the California Department of Justice regarding a 1981 multiple homicide. I have reason to believe the two suspects in the homicides were not arrested because one of the suspects was a confidential informant at the time. I have asked for clarification or other information on the matter but […]

    April 28, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Future Council Members, Participation, and the Brown Act

    I am going to be on the City Council in a tiny city starting in November.ย  (There were three open seats and three candidates, so it is a walk-in.) I and another of the future Council members are part of a local conservation group.ย  We have filed an appeal to the City Council asking […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Are Neighborhood Associations protected under the First Amendment?

    My Cityโ€™s Code creates a system of Neighborhood Associations and, above them, a tier of District Coalitions.ย The NAs and DCs are quasi-governmental bodies supported and funded by the City to assist with neighborhood-level governance and participation in city decision-making; however, they have non-profit status. One of the NA board members is facing litigation due […]

    April 22, 2016

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Bank that shuttered wikileaks withdraws lawsuit

    […] federal court lawsuit against the whistleblower website. The Julius Baer Bank on Wednesday entered a voluntary dismissal of its suit, "without prejudice"--meaning that the bank is keeping open the option of refiling the same suit in another court. The bank acted following a hearing last week in which federal District Judge Jeffrey White ruled […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to appointment calendars

    Can one use Proposition 59 to justify a public records request of the sheriffโ€™s calendar?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Disclosure of applicant information under PRA

    […] discriminating. The public agency has redacted most of the applications for fear of a misdemeanor in releasing "convictions," (e.g. the agency maintains its own allegations of infractions and the applicants voluntarily submitted their place of doing business and their DMV record.) We understand that law enforcement was required to release convictions of concealed weapon […]

    March 22, 2016

  • Posts

    Press Rights

    FAC Supports SB 1000 to Ensure Public Access to Law Enforcement Radio Transmissions

    […] the California Legislature that would ensure press and public access to law enforcement radio transmissions. SB 1000, authored by Sen. Josh Becker and co-sponsored by the California News Publishers Association and the California Broadcasters Association, would require all law enforcement agencies to restore or preserve public access after agencies began encrypting transmissions in response […]

    August 3, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Public Agency claims investigation files are exempt PRA

    […] filed with the Medical Board of California. After many months I was informed the case was closed. I asked for access to their files of the investigation and was informed that it was exempt from disclosure California Government Code ยง 6254 (f). My interpretation of the statute is that it refers to law enforcement […]

    December 13, 2014