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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Brown Act rules for scheduling a meeting

    Can a majority of members of a body (city council) discuss the logistics (when and where) of scheduling a meeting, including the topic but no content, outside of an official meeting? My thought is yes because no information is exchanged, only the logistics.

    October 18, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Barred from entering public school board meeting

    […] physically prevented a group of teachers from entering a public school board meeting, held at the school district office. One lawyer we checked with said it wasn't a violation of California's open meetings law, because the husband wasn't a school official or board member. We're trying to find out what, if any, law he violated.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Does CA have a public records ombudsman?

    I sent a public records request to the CA DMV and they were required to respond with 10 days. It's been a month and have not yet had a response. Is there a public records ombudsman I can notify?

    February 21, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Police Deny Request for Previously Public Statement Claiming Exemptions

    […] records claiming exemptions. In 2017 police drew guns on a group of black youth at the Target store. After a viral video criticizing the incident was posted and subsequently deleted, the Police released a statement. My request for records from the incident were denied by the police. I would like to challenge their refusal […]

    May 15, 2019

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    Blog Cases

    FAC joins environmental access suit against Marin County

    […] or the deliberative process privilege. Although FAC is not a partisan in the environmental debate about salmon, we believe that that debate should be conducted in an open and transparent process, and that it should be informed with all relevant information and records. FAC views this as a test case about access to information […]

    March 16, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Newsracks and Shopping Centers

    There is case law covering placement of news racks and stands on shopping center property. As I recall if they allow one paper to display their newspaper they have to allow all of them. And that they need to have a policy that clearly states what they allow. Currently I have a problem with […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Is crime victim entitled to see investigation records?

    My daughter was raped by her ex and he recorded it. She obtained the video and filed charges. Her ex is the son of a DA employee. They did not file charges and "lost the video." They did not notify anyone and the case is closed. Since then they have refused to enforce a […]

    October 26, 2010