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    CPRA

    Can I Obtain A Copy of A Zoning Complaint Filed Against Me?

    […] Primer. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    August 11, 2020

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    CPRA School Records

    District denies teacher access to defaming emails

    […] you may consider suggesting the school district redact all information not pertaining to you. Bryan Cave 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.

    November 12, 2013

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    First Amendment Newsgathering

    City Won’t Add Us to E-mail List

    This is a tricky issue.  Once a government agency decides to release information or an official has chosen to speak to members of the media, it may be unconstitutional to exclude selected news organization or individual journalists from receiving the same information. In addition, differences in the manner in which the information is provided […]

    February 8, 2018

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    CPRA

    How are attorney’s fees calculated in CPRA cases?

    First off thank you so much for providing such a boon to transparency in government. I've found an attorney willing to take a CA Public Records Act ("CPRA") case where the would-be defendant won't disclose records that clearly should be or provide an exemption or other concrete reason for not providing the requested documents. […]

    July 27, 2010

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    CPRA

    How to I get city to admit to under-reporting employee compensation?

    […] employees should generally be public.International Federation of Processional Engineers v. Superior Court, 42 Cal. 4th 319, 331 ("he 'broadly based and widely accepted community norm' applicable to government employee salary information is public disclosure"). However, it sounds like you may have obtained the information you requested and are instead considering what action you might […]

    October 22, 2010

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    CPRA

    Recourse for ignored CPRA requests

    The Public Records Act requires the public agency to respond in writing to your written request within 10 days.  (Cal. Government Code Secs. 6253 and 6255.)  It would appear that the agency did not comply with this requirement in this case.  We would suggest that your next step be to write a letter to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    School District Is Citing Student Privacy As Reason for Denying CPRA Request

    […] sample letter, here. Bryan Cave 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.  No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    May 18, 2018

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    CPRA

    Public Officials’ Personal Email

    Does a city council member's use of his/her personal email account to discuss city business make that account subject to Public Records Act Requests? If so, is there a threshold between a single or several incidental uses and the systematic use of the personal email for city business that would trigger the account's exposure […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FOIA

    Making a FOIA request to the Dept. of Homeland Security

    […] Coalition: http://www.nfoic.org/states The FOIA Project (Transactional Records Action Clearinghouse): http://foiaproject.org Holme Roberts & Owen 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.

    July 11, 2011