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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    School Board Trustees meeting with union reps in violation of Brown Act

    […] null and void because it was taken in violation of certain provisions of the Brown Act is that a written demand be sent demanding that the body cure and correct the action. Please note, however, that the Brown Act imposes fairly strict requirements on the enforcement of the Brown Act, including deadlines for taking […]

    August 29, 2010

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    First Amendment

    FAC, ACLU Urge Temecula School Board and Its President to Halt Free Speech Violations at Meetings

    […] a series of controversial decisions including firing the superintendent, banning "critical race theory," and opposing a new curriculum that mentions Harvey Milk.  As discussed in the demand letter, Board President Joseph Komrosky has repeatedly violated the Brown Act and First Amendment by ejecting community members from board meetings simply for criticizing board members, for […]

    August 22, 2023

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    CPRA

    My PRA request denied, but Buzzfeed published documents on similar case

    […] tried to fix some of them. After I left, a CBOP inspector (a specially trained pharmacist) investigated the hospital pharmacy. In December of 2015, I received a letter from the CBOP citing me for a total of $5000. I was advised by my attorney that since it is a government agency, the citation cannot […]

    September 2, 2016

  • Latest News

    Advocacy Press Release

    Groups Urge Mendocino County to Repeal Unlawful Public Records Fee Ordinance

    Letter urges county officials to stop unlawful practice of charging high fees to respond to California Public Records Act requests FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 27, 2023 Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org The First Amendment Coalition and ACLU of Northern California today called on Mendocino County to repeal an unlawful ordinance that imposes high fees on public […]

    April 27, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Changing Regular Meetings to Special Meetings

    […] void an improper action taken at an illegal meeting.  Before filing an action under this section, you are required to first seek to have the agency " cure and correct" the action taken at the improperly held meeting, and then bring the lawsuit if they do not. The requirements are very specific, they have […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Newsgathering

    Dental Board of California & the CPRA

    […] use to assess a licensee. Rather, in the court's opinion, they only applied to those reports that were currently being used to assess licensees. Am I interpreting the law correctly? I would like to appeal the Board's decision, and I would be grateful for any guidance you could offer about how best to go about that.

    April 19, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Reporting closed sessions decisions

    […] enforce the Brown Act may be entitled to recover attorneys' fees. Please note, however, that there are strict deadlines for enforcing the Brown Act, including sending a cure-and-correct letter within a certain amount of time.You can find more information about the Brown Act, including enforcing the Act, at the FAC web site (http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-meetings/) Access […]

    June 5, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    SF Unified School District Records

    Can you please direct me to the correct California Public Records Act form I need to use to obtain records from the San Francisco Unified School District? Do I also need to submit a US FOIA request as well or is a CPRA request sufficient? Are there applicable administrative remedies that need to be […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Brown Act and statute of limitations

    […] for injunctive relief is quite short.  Please note that before suing for injunctive relief, you are required to make a written demand that the legislative body " cure or correct" the action.  Cal. Gov't Code section 54960.1(b).  Generally speaking, the demand must be made within 90 days from the date the action is taken […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Senator Lieberman calls for misguided internet censorship, but the marketplace of ideas demands that free speech flourish.

    […] Lieberman calls for misguided internet censorship, but the marketplace of ideas demands that free speech flourish. By Kelly Dunleavy On May 19th, Senator Joe Lieberman sent a letter to the CEO of Google, with copies to many major newspapers, demanding that Google remove videos that feature Islamic extremists, or are produced by terrorist organizations, […]

    June 3, 2009