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  • Latest News

    Blog Cases

    FAC, EFF and Wired win unsealing of documents in hip-hop website seizure case

    […] Angeles has unsealed records related to a government shutdown of a music blog/website, Dajaz1.com, for suspicion of copyright piracy. The unsealing had been requested by FAC, Wired, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Using a forfeiture authority usually invoked to seize cars and houses in drug cases, federal authorities had seized the hip hop website, […]

    May 16, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    How can I gain access to my UC police records?

    […] advised that the following language may not constitute a legitimate denial to my records requests. He advised me to seek out someone who specializes in the CPRA and the IPA. The denial from the UC records management office reads as follows: As for any investigative records, supplementals or other records regarding the two police […]

    September 19, 2013

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    First Amendment Press Rights

    Purported Shasta County Media Policy Threatens Press Freedom, FAC Writes

    FAC sent this letter to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors opposing its purported "media policies and procedures" described in a press release issued on July 29. At best, these policies create confusion, and at worst, they run counter to the Ralph M. Brown Act and First Amendment and threaten the ability of journalists […]

    July 30, 2024

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    Brown Act

    Whistleblower accused of Brown Act Violation

    […] Act violation for attempting to speak out. I never actually made my comment during the committee meeting because the committee walked out of the meeting three times and blocked me from commenting on the safety concern. I understand that I should not have spoken during the committee meeting because of quorum concerns. However, I […]

    May 24, 2018

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    Blog

    Newsgathering at CA polling places on election day

    […] about what reporters (and bloggers or other journalists) can and cannot do in the close proximity of polling places. Here's are the provisions of California law governing newsgathering activities at polling places while the polls are open: 18541. (a) No person shall, with the intent of dissuading another person from voting, within 100 feet […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Blog

    Feedback from recent column, “Snowden Go Home”

    I recently wrote that Edward Snowden should return to the US and face trial for his revelations about NSA surveillance. ("Snowden Go Home"). The longer Snowden is a fugitive (particularly in Vladimir Putin's Russia), the harder it is to characterize his conduct--obtaining and disclosing classified records by the gigabyte--as an act of conscience. In […]

    August 15, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Request for candidateโ€™s college degree requires authorization?

    […] city council. I received the following reply: "We have no problem complying, you will need to request this in written form. Provide us with the following information and pay the required fee $10.00. You will also need to present an authorization letter with signature from the . The letter must contain the following information: […]

    February 5, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Brown Act or Bylaws Violation?

    If a standing committee's bylaws stipulate that two meetings will occur in a certain period of time, and there is no quorum present for one of the two meetings, is the committee obligated to schedule another meeting to remain Brown Act compliant?

    January 3, 2011

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    CPRA

    Records request regarding government contractors was denied on privacy grounds

    […] doing business with the muni's. We sought to discover the names of persons or companies who were paid by the county or city in the previous year, and in order to separate individuals from companies we requested files sorted by tax ID information.ย  For instance, we asked for the ones who were being paid […]

    July 13, 2010