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    The ongoing push for police transparency 

    […] the new laws.David Loy, FAC Legal Director The First Amendment Coalition is dedicated to enforcing the transparency and accountability promised by these laws. Recently, we sent two letters to law enforcement agencies demanding compliance with their duties of public disclosure. Both letters were sent to enforce public record requests made by Tasha Williamson, president […]

    May 18, 2022

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    Press Rights

    San Bernardino County Sheriff Finally Releases Videos of Shootout After FAC Demanded Full Disclosure

    […] that Savannah may have participated in shooting at the deputies. For almost 18 months, the sheriff’s department refused to release the recordings. Only after FAC sent a letter demanding release in December 2023 did the department finally disclose them on March 29, 2024. As reported in this story by Scott and Sam Levin, the […]

    April 4, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Former State Employees and the CPRA

    […] seek. In order to formally request a public record, you should request in writing the specific records you seek.  Please see the following link for a sample letter we have provided for this purpose: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.  The agency can take up to 10 days to provide copies of the records or inform you of its […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Social Media

    Facebook comments deleted from Senator’s page

    […] Consider an analog-world analogy: if the official used his staff to produce an office newsletter that he used to communicate with his constituents, and that newsletter published letters to the editor, he would not be obliged to publish every letter he received. As the creator of the newsletter he would have editorial control over […]

    May 20, 2013

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    CPRA

    Are blueprints of public buildings public under the CPRA?

    […] and was told I could not do that and that I should know better. The permit tech said they are under copyright and I must have a letter from the entity that drew the plans and the owner of the building in order to do anything other than view them live. According to everything […]

    May 20, 2015

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    FOIA

    Foreign Officials, Detention, Privacy, and the Freedom of Information Act

    […] types of matters to be withheld; (4) trade secrets and commercialor financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential; (5) inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency; (6) personnel and medical files and similar […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    The First Amendment protects journalists using Snowden’s documents. But what about Snowden?

    […] and to take steps to open some national security decision-making to public scrutiny. These are positive and important developments. If it also turns out that Snowden is correct that his disclosures have not  harmed American security interests---and time will tell whether he is correct about that---then, frankly, he will be seen as an American […]

    October 22, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing bids for public contracts

    […] tell from your email whether you have already submitted a written demand for the bids, but, if not, here is a link to a sample PRA demand letter on CFAC's website: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ If you have already done this and gotten a written response (as required) citing Times-Mirror as the excuse for withholding the information, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FAC, ACLU, Fresnoland Demand Fresno City Council Stop Secret Budget Negotiations

    […] the same issue year after year, as Fresno’s budget committee has done, it’s a standing committee, not an "ad hoc" body, as the city has contended. Our letter demands that Fresno must immediately stop ignoring open government law and begin holding budget committee meetings in compliance with the Brown Act, or the city may […]

    September 6, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Records involving peace officers

    I submitted a CPRA request to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and received some satisfaction. There are some items I have not heard about yet. I was denied on the following items:1) List of the positions (job titles), basic responsibilities, and site locations held by Lt. during his entire employ at the Department […]

    June 14, 2009