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    CPRA

    Are the applications for state professional licenses public?

    I am a researcher for a state government agency.  For a current project, I hoped to access the applications for state professional licenses submitted by engineers. I say the records are public. Our lawyer said no.  Help!

    August 16, 2011

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Are Power Point Presentations to Board of Healthcare District Public Records?

    […] in any publication. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries.  In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.  No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    February 22, 2018

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    Foreign media at Olympics urged to press home governments to demand China lift internet censorship

    […] on news media covering the Olympics to demand that China tear down "The Great Firewall"--the elaborate system of filters blocking access to online content deemed objectionable by government censors. The California First Amendment Coalition, which has petitioned the US Trade Representative to contest China's censorship as a restraint on international commerce that violates free […]

    June 3, 2009

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    CPRA Newsgathering

    Foundation that gives millions to county agency claims CPRA doesn’t apply to them

    […] foundation at the end. It was started by a judge who formerly oversaw foster care court. I cannot find any evidence that the foundation is receiving any government money but I’m only working off of IRS documents. The foundation has given over seven million to the shelter and has helped erect a new building […]

    October 16, 2013

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    Police are wrong: Cop-cam videos must be released as public records

    […] immediately see body camera and dashboard camera footage. The LAPD’s videotape nondisclosure policy has other legal problems. The Public Records Act states that whenever an agency releases a government record to any "member of the public," that agency waives the right to confidentiality, a California appellate court said in a 1974 case called Black Panther […]

    October 6, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Posting agendas and notification of action in special/closed sessions

    A School Board is subject to the Brown Act yet a principal was dismissed without cause after a Special meeting /closed session in which no one was notified nor was it posted at the site where the meeting was held (it was posted on a website) nor has the decision been posted for the ten […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Utility District board member access to agenda information

    […] records permitted by law in the administration of their duties."  Gov't Code § 6252.5. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    March 30, 2016

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    Obfuscating Mercy: How the California Supreme Court Finally Addressed Secretive Pardons

    […] court will no longer categorically treat clemency files as confidential. Admin. Order 2021-05-26. Instead, when a member of the public submits a motion to unseal, the governor must resubmit the file in conformity with the court’s access rules. The new rule provides clarity, and removes one of the primary authorities the governor relied on […]

    September 17, 2021