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  • Latest News

    Blog FAC News

    Remembering FAC Founding Father and California Journalism Giant, Frank McCulloch

    […] one eye and nearly so in the other, he helped lead a group of journalists across the nation to convince the Pulitzer Prize Board at Columbia University to correct a controversial wrong in the history of American journalism. Frank McCulloch, 2015 McCulloch wrote the group’s lead letter petitioning for a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Ed […]

    May 31, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    University of California Press

    […] the public interest in disclosure. Government Code section 6254(a). You may want to submit a written PRA request for the records you seek. A sample PRA request letter can be found on the CFAC website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.  UC Press must respond in writing, inform you if the records still exist and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Call Logs and Public Records

    […] and submit a written CPRA request for the records you seek.  The CPRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days.  (Gov't Code § 6253).  A sample CPRA request letter can be found on the CFAC website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Access to transcripts of 911 calls

    […] for the records you seek. It's probably best to direct this request to the police agencie(s) that you believe have copies of this tape. A sample request letter can be found on the CFAC website. A link to that page is pasted below. https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ The Public Records Act affirmatively requires police agencies to provide […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Blog Cases

    FAC’s Subpoena Defense Initiative Protects Blogger in Celebrity Court Case

    […] rights and referrals to attorneys who can help represent them, should the need arise. Loy and FAC helped Swithin build her defense, gathering facts to prepare a letter explaining to Homme’s attorney that the law barred Homme from obtaining the information she sought—that both the First Amendment and California’s Journalist Shield law protected Swithin. […]

    March 13, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    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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    CPRA

    Drafts and Public Record

    […] one of the above exemptions as a basis for withholding the draft EIR and the comments, as stated above, you might want to press back for an articulation of what the public interest in withholding such documents is.  A sample CPRA request letter can be found on the CFAC website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Police blotters and the CPRA

    […] regular basis for such records.  This may alleviate the burden of having to submit a new request every time you come in and may also help with respect to getting more up to date information from the department. A sample CPRA request letter can be found on the CFAC website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.

    June 14, 2009

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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