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    CPRA

    Providing Requestor’s Name, Personal Information

    […] agency may need to know where (and to whom) to send the records. In addition, if the agency is attempting to determine whether to withhold records under Government Code section 6255, on the ground that the public interest in non-disclosure clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure, it may want to know who is […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    FAC, SPJ NorCal Release Template for Requesters Facing Delayed Access

    […] a new tool to help overcome barriers to public information. Some state and local entities in California have stopped responding to requests made under the Public Records Act citing the COVID-19 health emergency. The following is a template that journalists and members of the public can use to generate a response to any entity […]

    March 27, 2020

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    Court Records

    Can I file a lawsuit anonymously in California?

    […] and http://www.courts.ca.gov/forms.htm. In addition, the Rules of Court are available at http://www.courts.ca.gov/rules.htm. Bryan Cave, LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition 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.

    March 27, 2012

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    CPRA Police Records

    Obtaining names of individuals involved in an incident

    […] disciplinary measures, can only get it within the context of filing a lawsuit, and the courts have read this as exempting such files from the Public Records Act. However, at least one decision has ruled under similar circumstances that this should not prevent a newspaper from getting the names of the individuals that were […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Newsgathering

    Accessing the black hole of the CIA

    […] not an Executive Order classifies as confidential CIA employment records (at least those for "operatives" employed at any time during the last 25 years, as the federal government recently announced that documents classified for national security reasons that are more than 25 years old will generally be declassified).  There are cases going back a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    County said no matches for my CPRA request, but I know docs exist. What now?

    […] fulfill your request, will get a better result for you than your first attempt. 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.

    November 14, 2015

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    Wired.com Editor Hansen elected president of FAC board; media attorney Melamed is VP; Gingras, of Google, joins Board.

    […] Area from Washington, DC, where she was a lawyer at The Washington Post for 27 years. From 1995 until her retirement in 2006, she was Vice President, Government Affairs at the Washington Post. Wired.com Evan Hansen Evan Hansen, Editor in Chief, Wired.com Carol Melamed Carol Melamed, Media Attorney Richard Gingras Richard Gingras, head of […]

    April 19, 2012