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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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CPRA

Can An Agency Extend Response to a CPRA Request Up to Eight Weeks Due to Covid?

[…] open to public scrutiny." You can learn more about the First Amendment Coalition’s efforts to promote government transparency despite Covid-19 here on this website, which includes a letter dated March 23, 2020 in which the First Amendment Coalition urges compliance with the CPRA amid the Covid-19 crisis. In the letter the First Amendment Coalition […]

April 21, 2022
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CPRA

Sheriff refuses access to complaint

[…] plus any correspondence that is related to my complaint. I lost my file in this matter and am trying to recoup. I have sent the sheriff two letters but he refuses to comply with my request. could you please advise me as what to do now. There was a lot of controversy concerning the […]

January 10, 2012
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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 […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 8, 2017
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Brown Act

Did City Violate Brown Act With This Switch of issue Decided During Closed Session?

[…] statement should have happened in open session. The remedy for any improper action taken by the legislative body in closed session would be to demand that it cure and correct that action. Under the Brown Act, such a demand must be sent to the legislative body in writing within 90 days of the action. […]

November 29, 2018
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FAC Urges California Supreme Court to Require Transparency in Clemency Proceedings

[…] clemency records under seal. Court records should not be sealed by default. And transparency should not as policy require legal intervention. Instead, FAC’s lawyers wrote in today’s letter to the court, the burden must remain on the party seeking secrecy, in this case Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, to demonstrate why any proposed sealing would […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
January 13, 2021
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FAC Opposes Legislation That Would Harm Your Right to Know

[…] to this anti-transparency proposal that, if adopted, would excuse the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training from crucial public records disclosure obligations. Read our coalition opposition letter sent to lawmakers. Join us in opposing this measure that would take California in the wrong direction. Note: Link will take you to the website for […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
June 21, 2023
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Brown Act

School Board Voted In Secret to Pick New Superintendent

[…] the superintendent, the first step would be to write to the board demanding that it nullify its vote. Gov't Code § 54960.1(a). If the board refuses to cure and correct its action, you could bring a lawsuit to nullify the vote, and if successful, you may be entitled to attorneys’ fees. The details of […]

December 10, 2018
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FAC Opposes Bills that Weaken Open-Meetings Protections

[…] a variety of local and state government bodies to avoid showing up to work in person. FAC opposes: SB 544 SB 411 SB 537 Read our coalition’s opposition letters for SB 544, SB 411, and SB 537. What editorial boards are saying: LA Times: It’s time for California’s public officials to return to work. In […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
July 12, 2023
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CPRA

The California Department of Health Services, Ongoing Investigations, and Public Records

[…] enforcement mission (the attorney general, the Department of Justice, state and local police organizations), and any state or local agency engaged in an activity with a " correctional, law enforcement or licensing" purpose. Gov't Code § 6254(f). This exemption would not seem to apply to the CDHS. You might want to try contacting the […]

June 14, 2009