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    First Amendment Press Rights

    FAC news: Prop 42 victory, amicus briefs on the Wrap, NCAA, fee waivers & more

    […] amicus brief urges the CA Supreme Court to review the case in order to clarify that the state’s "retraction statute," which limits the liability of publishers who correct factual mistakes, applies to digital publications as well as print publications. Thieriot v. The Wrap News, Inc. Enforcement of a CPRA request for emails of San […]

    June 17, 2014

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    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

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    CPRA

    Agency missed CPRA request deadline

    You are correct that California's Public Records Act provides that records must be made available for inspection during an agency's office hours and that copies of public records must be made available "promptly" upon payment of any duplication fees.Govt. Code Section 6253(b). The PRA directs agencies to determine whether a request calls for the […]

    October 12, 2010

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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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    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

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    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

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    CPRA

    Blanket Denial of CPRA Requests from Law Enforcement Agency

    For the record requests that were denied, you may want to consider writing a follow up letter to the agency asking why the records were denied and which exemptions to the CPRA, if any, it invoked to prevent disclosure of those documents.  Gov’t Code § 6253(c). You may also wish to remind the agency […]

    May 16, 2018

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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