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FAC Urges Vallejo City Hall to Acknowledge Public Records Requests Can Be Made Anonymously

In a June 23 letter, the First Amendment Coalition urged the city of Vallejo to amend its online portal for requesting public records to make clear that a requester need not provide a name or other personal identifying information as a condition of making a request. Update: Vallejo City Attorney Veronica Nebb said the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 23, 2022
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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 […]
- Press Freedom
June 26, 2020
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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

Brown Act and statute of limitations

[…] for injunctive relief is quite short. Please note that before suing for injunctive relief, you are required to make a written demand that the legislative body " cure or correct" the action. Cal. Gov't Code section 54960.1(b). Generally speaking, the demand must be made within 90 days from the date the action is taken […]

June 14, 2009
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Senator Lieberman calls for misguided internet censorship, but the marketplace of ideas demands that free speech flourish.

[…] Lieberman calls for misguided internet censorship, but the marketplace of ideas demands that free speech flourish. By Kelly Dunleavy On May 19th, Senator Joe Lieberman sent a letter to the CEO of Google, with copies to many major newspapers, demanding that Google remove videos that feature Islamic extremists, or are produced by terrorist organizations, […]
- Free Expression
June 3, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

City Surveillance Cameras and Public Records Law

[…] or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes. Gov't Code section 6254(f)." It is unclear from your email whether these surveillance cameras are maintained by the city's police department […]

November 20, 2009
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CPRA

CA Public Benefit Corporations and the CPRA

[…] growth issue for two years now and have just recently organized as a non-profit (CA Public Benefit Corp) and filed under IRS 501(c)(3) to obtain a Determination Letter. Anyhow, I've spent numerous hours reading CA state websites re planning issues, AG Opinion letters, abbreviated court cases, etc., visiting law libraries and trying to get […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Special meeting and the Brown Act

[…] procedure for seeking 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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FAC Requests John Ortega, Orange School Board President, Retract Statement About Recall Effort

Today, FAC sent the following letter to John Ortega, President of the Orange Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education, asking him to retract a comment he made at the January 18 school board meeting. At that meeting, Ortega, referring to certain flyers related to a recall campaign of two school board members that […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
February 6, 2024
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Brown Act

Regulations on public comment

[…] you 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