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City Employee Information and Privacy

[…] § 832.7 and related statutes, police departments in California can refuse to provide copies of information in a police officer's personnel file under the California Public Records Act in Gov't Code § 6250 et seq. There is a case saying that the city or department can give you the information if it wants, Bradshaw […]

June 14, 2009
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Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of a Common Interest Development

Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of a Common Interest Development covered under the Davis Stirling Act are public records, available at the county clerk's office. Can copies of Covenants Conditions and Restrictions be posted on a website?

June 14, 2009
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Police Firing Records

[…] least to the extent it applies to disciplinary matters." Copley Press, Inc. v. Superior Court, 39 Cal. 4th 1272, 1297-98 (2006). In other circumstances, the officers names must be released, but, apparently, not when it comes to disciplinary proceedings. Although Copley Press case dealt with administrative appeals of disciplinary proceedings involving non-probationary officers., it would probably […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment Press Rights

Rights Groups Urge Sacramento School Superintendent to Reinstate High School Paper Advisor

[…] School. Archuleta was placed on leave after the student paper, The Prospector, published the comment that "Hitler’s got some good ideas," which a student said in a government class and the paper ran in a compilation of comments made by students and overheard on campus. Archuleta spoke to the press and defended the editors’ […]
- Press Freedom
May 29, 2024
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City deleting unread emails

[…] a mayor or city manager actually read an incoming email. As to the second issue, the general rules regarding the destruction of city records are contained in Government Code section 34090 et seq, the text of which can be found at the link below. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/gov/34090-34093.html There may be other local ordinances that may apply […]

June 14, 2009
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Newsgathering

Can I use audio clips of solicitors refusing to be interviewed?

[…] it would not seem that anything they say could be remotely construed as "confidential." 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.

May 12, 2014
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Media Coalition Asks Court to Unseal Search Warrant Targeting Protesters Kept Under Seal for Two Years

[…] Years FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Updated: The court on Nov. 10 granted the motion to unseal but delayed release of the records pending further proceedings. LOS ANGELES —California government watchdog group First Amendment Coalition and independent news organization Knock LA this week are asking a court to unseal a two-year-old search warrant obtained by the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
September 19, 2022
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First Amendment

Political sign bans by housing that receive public funds

[…] Golden Gateway case, the Court held that restrictions on distribution of newsletters could be imposed by the landlord because there was no "state action," i.e. no real government involvement. The federal courts have generally held that mere public funding of an entity, without state involvement in the actual constitutional violations at issue, does not […]

June 14, 2009
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School district denying access to public records

[…] be financially responsible for your attorney’s fees, should you prevail. Gov't Code § 6259(d). 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.

May 2, 2016
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Charging for Electronic Records

[…] a deposit of hundreds of dollars and my agreement to pay them whatever they determine the actual cost to be. When you consider that more and more government agencies, like businesses, are going paperless, this will become a major problem unless it's already been addressed in law. As I have had explained to me, […]

June 14, 2009