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CPRA

Government Not Providing All Records Requested

I submitted a CPRA and have not disclosed all of the documents from one of the categories I asked for. I requested specific photos of weapons that were found by park rangers and they are only releasing pictures from a portion of the ranger program. They did not disclose that there are additional photos, […]

November 12, 2018
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CPRA

Can I go to small claims to appeal a denial of my CPRA request?

I underst and from your website that there is no administrative appeal process for someone whose request for records was denied under CPRA, and that litigation is the only recourse. Given that, could I feasibly go to small claims for relief in equity to appeal the denial and get my records? Just to clarify, does […]

August 13, 2013
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Cases Press Release

FAC sues Sonoma County to unlock secret Super Bowl promo deal

[…] for the February 7 Super Bowl. FAC filed a public records request for the contract, under which the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau, together with organizations representing vineyards and wine growers, reportedly committed as much as $1 million to its deal with Super Bowl 50 Host Committee. The Bureau denied the request, claiming the contract […]

February 4, 2016
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Cases Press Release

FAC & Reporters Committee file briefs in Apple v. Samsung secrecy appeal

[…] both Apple and Samsung. Also filed Monday: a media amicus brief prepared by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and submitted on behalf of the New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Gannett and others. Together, the two amicus briefs present essentially all the arguments that would have been made by […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 17, 2012
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First Amendment

FAC Urges Orange School Board Member to Retract Statement Threatening Speech Rights

[…] retract statements that threatened fundamental rights of civic participation. At the board's January 19, 2023 meeting, Mr. Ortega characterized criticism from members of the public as "sl anderous comments that you need to be very careful of, because you could be liable for these slanderous comments, so you need to be very careful of […]
- Free Expression
January 31, 2023
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Brown Act

Signing In at Public Meetings

Is it legal for a public school board at to require a member of the public to sign in in order to address the board on an agendized item?

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Do Volunteers Working with CA Prisoners Have the Right to Publish Stories About The Experience?

[…] an activist component around mass incarceration? California Code of Regulations Title 15, section 3261.1 specifies that the use of "facilities, staff, inmates" in the writing of books and magazine articles requires prior approval of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) designee– all volunteers must sign paperwork to the effect that they have […]

November 9, 2018
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CPRA School Records

District denies teacher access to defaming emails

As a school district employee, what are my rights regarding access to emails received by the district from an outside agency regarding me? It involves accusations and I feel I have a right to know exactly what the allegations are. The school district has been slow to even acknowledge my request to see and […]

November 12, 2013
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CPRA

District won’t release legal bills from defending workers’ comp cases

My client has a worker's compensation case with the school district and made a public records act request in order to determine how much the school district is spending in her case and in total for legal defense of workers' compensation matters. It is our belief that the attorney is not settling cases for […]

October 22, 2010
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Social Media

Facebook comments deleted from Senator’s page

I am wondering if it is legal or legitimate for a government official, for example a NYS Senator or U.S. Senator, to block me from commenting on what I presume to be their Facebook page that is managed by them or a government employee on government payroll time? I have had this happen to […]

May 20, 2013