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Brown Act CPRA

Internal audit reports and the CPRA

[…] making a written request for the records under the PRA, to which the System should respond in writing with its basis for withholding the records. See https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/ for a sample PRA letter. If the System relies on Section 6254(a), which exempts "preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency memoranda that are not retained […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

Utility District board member access to agenda information

[…] focused and effective request that reasonably describes identifiable records. Gov’t Code § 6253.1. You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, on this website: Sample CPRA Request Letter Additionally, while a sitting board member may not have standing to sue to enforce the Brown Act (See Holbrook v. City […]

March 30, 2016
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[…] by FAC’s attorneys. Handbooks FAC offers detailed guides on the California Public Records Act, open-meetings laws, and accessing records from law enforcement. These guides offer numerous sample letters for requesting public records in California or from federal agencies. These resources are free for all to use. Explainers FAC’s Explainers provides information about topics relating […]

June 12, 2024
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Brown Act CPRA

Access to City Manager’s compensation denied

[…] with each other with respect to board business. As for enforcing the Brown Act, the Act does not specify a particular way that a violation may be cured and corrected, but presumably the legislative body could satisfy the Brown Act by reopening the process to permit public awareness of all the facts and views, […]

July 28, 2011
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CPRA

The public should know if school employee embezzled $2m

[…] an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek. (Gov't code § 6255). A sample PRA request letter can be found on the FAC web site at the following link: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. The ultimate recourse under the PRA in the event of an improper denial […]

October 6, 2009
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CPRA

Third-Party Settlements

[…] basis for denial under the PRA. Upon submitting your written request, the City must provide you with written notification within 10 days that specifies the exemptions in the Act upon which they rely. Gov't Code Section 6253( c). A sample PRA request letter can be found on CFAC's web site at the following link: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Did email exchange between committee members violate Brown Act?

[…] York on the weekends. I am the 1st VP of our Senate and would take over if he retired or left. Two weeks prior to him submitting his letter of resignation to the Senate as a whole, which is per our bylaws, I was trying to find another faculty member to cover one of my […]

March 16, 2015
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Press Rights

FAC Condemns Sacramento Police Department’s Flawed Media Policy

[…] have made their suggested policy draft available here. Together, theycall on Sacramento elected officialsto take the steps necessary to require that SPD revise its new policy to correct these defects and restore the community’s trust. National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Committee to Protect Journalists Freedom of the Press Foundation First Amendment Coalition Society of […]
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July 23, 2020
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CPRA

Charter schools and public oversight

[…] exemption that would allow the school to refuse to provide you with the permits you seek merely because one of the board members is affiliated with the city. CFAC provides a form letter that you may wish to use as a template for your PRA request, available on CFAC's website at the following link: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/

June 14, 2009
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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