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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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Brown Act CPRA

Printing by public officials

[…] cc'd the Board of Supervisors to make it official...or do I have to do an Express Mail with return receipt requested. Or can I type up a letter with attachments, make a copy of same and hand deliver to whatever county government office is appropriate, then ask for a date stamp on my copy. […]

June 14, 2009
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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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CPRA

Using CPRA to learn rules governing Resort Improvement District #1

You are correct that Resort Improvement District No. 1 is a governmental agency subject to the California Public Records Act (the state law equivalent to the federal FOIA). RID1 was established in 1965 pursuant to Pub. Res. Code sections 13000-13233. The provisions of the Public Records Act are found at Govt Code sections 6250 […]

July 22, 2013
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CPRA

Is a Salary/Wage Review Really A “Trade Secret”?

[…] or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek.Gov't code § 6255.)You may want to preemptively include some of the law cited above in your letter so that the district will be forced to think through whether its denial of your request is prudent.The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the […]

July 2, 2010
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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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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
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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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CPRA

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

The answer to your question is yes.The California Attorney General has concluded in two opinion letters that the specific compensation of individual government employees is a matter of public record.In a published opinion (68 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 73 (1985)), the attorney general concluded that if a public employee is awarded a merit pay […]

June 14, 2009