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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    CPR request denied because it wasn’t submitted on letterhead

    My request request for mugshot demographics data was denied by the California Department of Corrections. I sent specific data parameters for this information along with my name address and telephone number and received a telephone call from someone in the state archives denying my request. I was told the request was denied because it was not submitted […]

    February 12, 2017

  • Posts

    Press Rights

    Our California Legislative Priorities Focus on Police Transparency and Press Protections

    […] priorities for the 2021 California legislative session focus on advancing police transparency, strengthening press and protester protections, and opposing government secrecy in all forms. Read our position letters to see where we stand on bills we are monitoring: FAC supports these bills AB 339: Enhances public access to meetings AB 48: Protecting press and […]

    April 6, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    What’s meant by “electronic form” documents under the CPRA?

    If I understand your inquiry correctly, the school district only gave you a simplified version of a report, and you believe that the district has the full report, which you did not receive, in electronic format. Under the Public Records Act, "unless otherwise prohibited by law," if an agency "has information that constitutes an […]

    August 5, 2011

  • Posts

    First Amendment Press Rights

    Coalition Calls on DA to Decline Charges Against Stanford Student Journalist

    […] with a dozen protesters on charges of felony burglary, vandalism, and conspiracy, after police responded to a protest and occupation of the Stanford president’s office. In a letter sent today to Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, the organizations write: "e urge your office to avoid expending significant resources prosecuting a young journalist […]

    June 20, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Third Party Notification

    […] remind the agencies of their obligation to provide you with the records, or to cite the authority that allows them to withhold it.  A sample PRA request letter is found on CFAC's website at the following link: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. I do not believe that a private entity bidding for a public contract qualifies as an […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA FOIA Police Records

    How do I appeal the denial of a CPRA request?

    […] I did not see the request letter. But I did see the response you received from LAPD. I believe that their interpretation of the law is largely correct. The 911 tapes that you seek, for an incident that occurred in 2009, would not likely be considered contemporaneous law enforcement records subject to mandatory disclosure […]

    May 15, 2012

  • Posts

    First Amendment Press Rights

    Purported Shasta County Media Policy Threatens Press Freedom, FAC Writes

    FAC sent this letter to the Shasta County Board of Supervisors opposing its purported "media policies and procedures" described in a press release issued on July 29. At best, these policies create confusion, and at worst, they run counter to the Ralph M. Brown Act and First Amendment and threaten the ability of journalists […]

    July 30, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Government Employee Benefits Records

    […] disclosure and why.  If you believe that the County has not disclosed all of the records it must under the PRA, you could push for further disclosure and even sue to force the disclosure.  You might find the model letter at https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ useful in drafting a request under the PRA for the information you seek.

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    In their handling of controversy surrounding Chemerinsky and Summers, UC’s leaders showed themselves unable or unwilling to defend academic freedom

    […] popular at Harvard among students and alumni.) That resentment may have more to do with Summers’ unwillingness to defer to the Harvard faculty, which saw him—no doubt correctly-- as a threat to their considerable power and privileges. Viewed in that light, the UC protest is less about gender and race, and more about a […]

    June 3, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Is it Fair Use to post musical film clips for a history class?

    […] a 501(c(3) to teach American history through the music of Gershwin, Berlin, Cole Porter, etc. by narrating film clips of their movies. Mrs. Gene Kelly inquired how I have the right to use these film clips without permission. I have prepared a letter in response and was looking for intellectual property expertise to review it.

    June 15, 2015