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FAC Welcomes David Loy as Legal Director

[…] deep experience, keen legal mind and passion for the First Amendment make him ideally suited to oversee FAC’s growing legal work—and to expand that work to meet new threats," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. "We could not ask for a colleague better prepared to lead FAC’s strategic litigation program into the future. We […]

February 16, 2022
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CPRA

Can I access emails of city employees using personal emails for city business?

Our newspaper made an public records request for "all emails to and from city employees" regarding a new parking meter system the city is using. Our intention is to see whether employees have written emails stating that the system is not working properly. In response, the city attorney exempted an unspecified number of emails […]

November 17, 2011
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Brown Act

Closed Sessions, Settlements, and Lack of Discussion/Public Comment

[…] session to discuss ongoing litigation against the city by outdoor advertising companies challenging the city's program of surveying and inspecting billboards and other off-site advertising signs. In open session following that meeting, the council adopted without discussion a settlement agreement that made changes in city codes regarding inspection fees, the number and types of […]

June 14, 2009
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Will All Judges Who Have Viewed Porn Please Stand Up?

[…] or photos to view. Although Kozinski is a public figure, he has done nothing in his public life to invite this scrutiny of his private life. Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer had, as a prosecutor, aggressively pursued prostitutes and their customers. Senator Larry Craig, before getting busted for soliciting sex in a public […]

June 3, 2009
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Brown Act

Secret ballots violate Brown Act

[…] Meeting today where the Council appointed members to an advisory board. The appointments were done in open session, but by secret ballot. After announcing the matter, taking questions and comments, the city council sat at the dias w/microphones off, each wrote their choices for the board on a piece of paper and handed them […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Accessing Aggregated Medical Information for COVID-19 Deceased

[…] individuals whose cause of death was attributed to COVID-19 on the grounds that releasing that data would violate health information privacy rules under HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). I do not want a list of information for each individual. I want to aggregate data on demographics. I understand HIPPA protects the individually […]

October 30, 2020
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First Amendment

Can a retail store deny you the right to petition their customers?

[…] and Target does arrest me, what happens next? What is involved in a citizen's arrest? Is it the same as a regular arrest? (ie. do I have to be bailed out, etc.?) Do I have an open-and-shut case with them or will this be a long court procedure? Thank you for your help concerning this.

April 27, 2010
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ProPublica Staffers Win 2018 FAC Award for “Trump Town” Investigative Series

The First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipient of its 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award is the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, selected for its extensive use of public records to increase transparency around political appointees at the highest levels of government. This year’s award goes to ProPublica staffers Derek Kravitz, Al […]

November 28, 2018
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Brown Act

Is public college “executive board” subject to Brown Act?

[…] The overall consensus of the Executive Board is that the meeting should be open to the public. (This issue was brought up because members of the student newspaper were asked to leave one of executive board meeting a few weeks ago.) Since then we've met with the academic senate president to discuss the meeting […]

May 22, 2013
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Brown Act First Amendment

Does the Brown Act Offer Recourse for Activists Barred from City Council Meeting?

[…] no more seats. We knew they were lying and we have a police office on video lying to us as we knew there were plenty of seats open. I filed a complaint and the police department "investigated" and determined that the officer did nothing wrong. Some of us eventually made it in, including myself, […]

February 12, 2018