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    FAC opposes bill that would weaken open-meetings protections

    […] that public meetings be held in public places, where those who choose to perform public service are accessible to the communities they are serving. Read our opposition letter. And tell the Senate Local Government Committee to vote no on AB 817. You can also write directly to the committee chair, Sen. María Elana Durazo, […]

    June 3, 2024

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    CPRA

    How Do I Determine What Records are Available Before Making CPRA Request?

    […] request for "any records, including that include the information you are looking for. You can find out more on making a PRA request, including a sample request letter here:https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/public-records-2/sample-cpra-request-letter/ Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we […]

    November 28, 2018

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    CPRA

    How to requests public documents from San Francisco Airport

    […] order to get access to public records, you must ask for them.  If you want to make a CPRA request, please take a look at the sample letter on the FAC website here: CPRA Request Letter Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline […]

    May 11, 2018

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    CPRA

    My CPRA request was denied due to “attorney-client privilege”

    The Chair of the Board of Directors for the Fire Protection District wrote a letter which was published in a local newspaper. In that letter he made public, for the first time, the existence of a report the District had received from a private legal firm. He also made public some of the contents […]

    September 14, 2015

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    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

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    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

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    Cases

    Amici Briefs Digest, March 2, 2017

    […] other more broad. The amicus brief joined by FAC urges the high court to disapprove the former and adopt the latter. Dual Diagnostic Treatment Center v. Buschel—Amicus letter to the California Supreme Court urging that Court to grant review of a case where we urge a broader interpretation of the "public interest" component of […]

    March 3, 2017

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    CPRA

    Non-response to CPRA requests

    I sent a public records act request to the City Clerk of my City and I have not received a call or response to my request.  I am sending a second letter and attaching the first letter, but what can I do next if the city does not respond?

    June 14, 2009

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    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

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    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