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    The Powerful anti-SOPA protests show why corporations, too, need First Amendment rights

    […] they should have, at most, a second-rate version of the free speech protections for individuals), should realize that only the First Amendment stands in the way of governmental punishment--legislative, regulatory or otherwise--against Google and other Fifth Estate corporations for their inciting of public opinion against SOPA-type legislation. Think of how many members of Congress, […]

    January 20, 2012

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    Amici Briefs Digest – Sept. 2018

    […] Authored Amici ACLU 9th Circuit Appeal. On August 3, we filed an amicus brief in support of the ACLU of Northern California’s appeal of an adverse Privacy Act ruling against their clients, two editors of the website antiwar.com. Our amicus brief argues, in essence, that the lower court’s ruling would open the door to […]

    September 20, 2018

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    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Can I access driver ID’s from traffic-stop police reports?

    […] the current address of the victim of a crime, where the requester declares under penalty of perjury that the request is made for a scholarly, journalistic, political, or governmental purpose, or that the request is made for investigation purposes by a licensed private investigator as described in Chapter 11.3 Cal. Gov't Code § 6254(f)(1)-(3). What […]

    April 16, 2015

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    CPRA

    Access to appointment calendars

    You can request access to the Sheriff's calendar pursuant to both the California Public Records Act (CPRA), specifically Government Code section 6253(b), and "Proposition 59" which is actually part of the California Constitution (Article I, section 3(b) of the California Constitution, to be precise).Neither the CPRA nor Article I, section 3(b) of the Constitution […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Inspect vs. Request, and Proposals as Public Records

    […] of the PRA's exemptions applies. Govt Code § 6253(a).  There is no obvious exemption that would authorize withholding proposals submitted pursuant to an RFP issued by a government agency in California.  It is not unusual, however, for agencies to resist disclosing records that should be disclosed under the PRA, and it is possible that […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Maybe summoning the press before Parliament isn’t such a bad idea

    […] I don’t think journalists should be routinely summoned before legislators to explain their editorial choices. Nor do I disagree with Carl Bernstein about the need to keep governmental secrecy, not newsroom policies, at the foreground of public debate, and to insist that it’s the duty of a free press to battle bureaucrats over control […]

    December 18, 2013

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    CPRA

    CPRA Exemptions for Drafts

    […] Little of the information was provided and was told that since the policy is in draft form, it would not be provided until it is completed. In actuality, this is supposedly ready to go to the Planning Commission in two weeks. This all seems like a delay tactic. Have read your answers about reports […]

    April 2, 2018

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    CPRA

    Does CA have a public records ombudsman?

    […] is not fulfilling its statutory duties under the Public Records Act.  In situations such as yours, I usually recommend writing back to the agency, reminding it that Government Code § 6253(c) requires a written response within 10 days of receipt of the request (and perhaps noting that this date – January 15 – has already come […]

    February 21, 2015

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    CPRA FOIA

    FOIA precedents and the CPRA #2

    […] or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.(b)(6) EXEMPTION 6 Personal Information Affecting an Individual's Privacy. This exemption permits the government to withhold all information about individuals in "personnel and medical files and similar files" when the disclosure of such information would "constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion […]

    June 14, 2009