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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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    First Amendment

    Do we have the right to exercise 1st Amendment rights on shopping mall properties?

    Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to your question.  Generally, the First Amendment applies only to government actors, and since shopping centers are often privately owned, many of the broad First Amendment rights associated with public spaces such as parks and public sidewalks do not necessarily apply.  That said, there are situations where First Amendment […]

    May 31, 2016

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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

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    CPRA

    Request for sheriff’s homeless policy leads to trouble

    […] by the County Sheriff in conjunction with numerous other county agencies. The Sheriff's Department responded that they had "been unable to locate responsive documents and as such cannot comply therewith." In addition, the sheriff's department then engaged in retaliatory intimidation, sending a deputy to question the person whose name appears on the request for information.

    March 30, 2010

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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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    Blog

    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

    Fees assessed for electronic data

    […] be able to demonstrate how it calculated those costs using real data. Holme Roberts & Owen 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.

    January 12, 2012

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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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    EFF and ACLU Staffers Win 2017 FAC Award for Work on Public Access to Police Surveillance Records

    The ​First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipients of its 2017 Free Speech & Open Government Award are Jennifer Lynch and Dave Maass of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Peter Bibring of the American Civil Liberties Union-Southern California (ACLU), selected for their joint work to bring accountability and transparency to the […]

    November 27, 2017