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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can An Agency Extend Response to a CPRA Request Up to Eight Weeks Due to Covid?

    […] open to public scrutiny." You can learn more about the First Amendment Coalition’s efforts to promote government transparency despite Covid-19 here on this website, which includes a letter dated March 23, 2020 in which the First Amendment Coalition urges compliance with the CPRA amid the Covid-19 crisis. In the letter the First Amendment Coalition […]

    April 21, 2022

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    CPRA

    Sheriff refuses access to complaint

    […] plus any correspondence that is related to my complaint. I lost my file in this matter and am trying to recoup. I have sent the sheriff two letters but he refuses to comply with my request. could you please advise me as what to do now. There was a lot of controversy concerning the […]

    January 10, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Did City Violate Brown Act With This Switch of issue Decided During Closed Session?

    […] statement should have happened in open session. The remedy for any improper action taken by the legislative body in closed session would be to demand that it cure and correct that action. Under the Brown Act, such a demand must be sent to the legislative body in writing within 90 days of the action. […]

    November 29, 2018

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    Press Rights

    FAC Supports CA Senate Bill 629 to Protect Members of the Press During Protests

    […] of their news gathering activities by law enforcement agencies. FAC, together with the California News Publisher’s Association, California Black Media, Ethnic Media Services and ImpreMedia, submitted a letter in support of Senate Bill 629, which as amended on June 25, 2020, would: ensure an authorized member of the media may enter areas closed off […]

    June 26, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Going after omitted information

    […] Cal. App. 4th 1356, 1411 (2006). If you believe that emails responsive to your request were not produced, you have two options.  First, you can send another letter to the agency noting the oversight and requesting production of the emails in addition to whatever other documents were produced.  It is usually a good idea […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Local School District Records

    Can you please direct me to the correct California Public Records Act form I need to use to obtain records from a School District? Do I also need to submit a US FOIA request as well or is a CPRA request sufficient? Are there applicable administrative remedies that need to be exhausted, ie, the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    School Board Closed Sessions with Administrators

    […] public may seek to void an action taken at such meeting. The requirements for taking such an action require you to seek to have the agency " cure and correct" the action taken at the improperly held meeting, and then bring a lawsuit if they do not. The requirements are very specific, they have […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Is it a casual dinner or Brown Act violation?

    […] with ccs to the school superintendent and school attorney. The Brown Act does not specify a particular way that a violation of the Brown Act may be cured and corrected, but presumably the legislative body could satisfy the Brown Act by disclosing what was discussed at this restaurant meeting, thereby giving the public a […]

    November 17, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    Charter schools and the CPRA

    […] approved from past meetings. It has now been more than two weeks and I do not have the minutes, and they have not been added to the website. I would like to know if an attorney could write a letter for me to remind the school to publish these public documents and comply with the law.

    July 26, 2013