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Brown Act

Closed sessions…

The city can likely justify its closed session under Government Code 54956.9, which allows legislative bodies to hold closed sessions to discuss pending litigation when discussion in open session would prejudice the public agency. The purpose of the pending litigation exemption is to protect confidential attorney-client communications and allow a legislative body to meet […]

June 14, 2009
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FAC Letter to Cal Poly Regarding Mustang News Reporter’s Public Records Requests

[…] about this case here. On June 16, 2023, the First Amendment Coalition sent the following letter to California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) regarding its failure to comply with the California Public Records Act regarding five separate records requests by Elizabeth Wilson, a student journalist at Mustang News, the campus newspaper.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
April 23, 2024
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CPRA

Access to Incident Records

[…] I had two cars towed from a city street - the total cost of retrieval was over $1000.00. I feel that the reporting officer was coerced into action falsely by a complainant neighbor. I have requested the Incident Record, but am wondering if there is a way to find out the Officer's name and […]

June 14, 2009
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Corporate transparency, long cherished as an essential feature of US capital markets, is giving way to the secrecy of “private equity” deals. Big mistake.

[…] buyers, professional investors insist on transparency so they can be sure not to overpay. But as owners, they favor a respite from the scrutiny of analysts and government. So-called "alternative investment" firms—private equity, venture capital and hedge funds—resist mightily any government regulation that would make them more transparent regarding the investments they make and […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009
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FAC, SPJ NorCal Announce Efforts to Protect Press Freedom One Year After Raid on Journalist

[…] violation of California’s shield law protections. State and federal law protects journalists from having to disclose their sources or any unpublished information collected during newsgathering to the government — and prohibits judges from issuing warrants for the search and seizure of such information. In the interceding 12 months, many questions remain unanswered, including whether […]
- Press Freedom
May 12, 2020
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Back Talk

[…] us..... -rcastevet ---- Quite a rant there rcastevet...four entries. Yet, I have never heard of an attorney representing an anonymous client. In any court proceeding, all parties must be identified publicly, unless such identification results in a danger to them or others, in which case the identity is made known only to the judge […]

June 3, 2009
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CPRA

I was stopped from taking photos of court records with my phone to save costs. What can I do?

[…] submitted and received a Public Records Act Request of all individuals who had been charged with gang enhancements. However, there is specific information we also need but must pull the Superior Court case file to obtain such as: age, race, location, etc. These documents are electronic so we are unable to use our scanner […]

February 8, 2021
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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 Newsgathering Police Records

Accessing reports on police officer involved shooting

[…] should release the records in a redacted form. Gov't Code § 6253(a). Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition 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.

April 16, 2013
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CPRA

City wants me to pay to see report on fire at my house

[…] unable to find any cases discussing the specific issue of whether a city or county ordinance qualifies as a "statute" for purposes of the California Public Record Act's copying costs provision, there is at least one case that states that an "ordinance is a local law which is adopted with all the legal formality […]

November 24, 2009