Submit a Nomination for a FAC Award by January 24!

Search Results

Clear Results
Category
Topic
Select Year

Showing 171 - 180 of 695 results

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Cities’ rights and the CPRA

    […] Second, I read the code as saying that every entity must have a posting of the law someplace AND a "person" responsible for handling request.  Am I correct in this or do state agencies have different rules that city’s.  I am hoping to get by the "dumb bunny" stage with this city and begin […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Posts

    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 […]

    February 6, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Supervisors multi-tasking during public comment

    […] the public testimony. This is particularly discouraging because this is a massive project with terrible impacts to our community. Does failure to pay attention to the testimony being giver or discussing the matter privately between themselves constitute a Brown Act violation? If so, is the deadline for sending a cure and correct letter 30 days?

    December 21, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can compensation to a retired gov. official be public record?

    […] merit pay bonus, the public is entitled to know who the employee is, the amount awarded and even the reasons for the award.And in an unpublished opinion letter (Letter to Brian Hill from Deputy Attorney General Lisa Lewis Dubois (1988)), the attorney general concluded that the exact compensation (not simply the pay range) of […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    City-Funded Committees with Non-Public Official Member

    […] the Act's specific exemptions applies.  Since it sounds like your oral and email discussions with the city are going nowhere, you might want to send a formal letter request, asking for records "sufficient to show the names of the members of the ," or something along those lines.  Here is a link to the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing Polling Done with Public Funds

    […] the entire poll (questions, cross tabs, etc.) are therefore a public record subject to full disclosure under the PRA.  But I've not seen any cases or advice letters directly addressing the question.  Do you agree the poll is clearly a public record?  If so, can a district avoid releasing the entire poll--and instead release […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing police reports

    I have been refused a copy of a police report. It is a complaint filed against myself. I have the complaint number. I filed a request with the police along with a check for the correct amount. I received a response back saying I wasn't allowed to have a copy with NO explanation why.

    June 14, 2009

  • Posts

    FAC To LAPD: Police Bodycam Footage is a Public Record and Must Be Released

    […] all bodycam footage as exempt from disclosure under the so-called "investigative records" exemption to the California Public Records Act's broad disclosure requirements. As FAC explains in its letter to the Commission, which you can read below, the department's blanket no-disclosure policy cannot be reconciled with the mandates of the California Public Records Act, which […]

    June 8, 2017

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Brown Act Requirements and Prohibitions in Relation to Community College Governments

    […] anyway, you are correct that it would depend on whether someone objects or not.  The remedies under the Brown Act require that an interested seek to " cure and correct" an action taken in violation of the Brown Act, after which litigation may be commenced.  See Gov't Code § 54960.1.  In order to make […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Filing Complaint under State Audits Guidelines

    […] PRA for the additional records you seek, noting the agency's failure to provide them within the 10-day limit.   You might find language from the sample PRA request letter on the CFAC website (https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ ) useful in preparing your follow-up letter .  You may also want to remind the agency of its obligation to justify […]

    June 14, 2009