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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    City Planning Commission failure to address public comment

    I recently submitted comments for discussion at a City Planning Commission meeting. In accordance with the established procedure, I submitted 3 pages of comments before the onset of the meeting. During the meeting my comments were overlooked - the Planning Director claimed they lacked relevance to the agenda item, even though they were directly […]

    April 11, 2016

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    CPRA

    CPRA not denied, but never produced by agency

    I have been waiting for a PRA request from the Dept. of Boating and Waterways since November 4, 2010. I made an additional request on December 2nd for one piece of paper that was referred to during the last commission meeting by the lead analyst. At this time I said I would drop all […]

    February 2, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Can TSA deny company public information under FOIA?

    I've got something that just smells really fishy and I'm thinking there's something more to it. My company forecasts when places are busy, then shares the results with the public. One vertical where we've had good adoption has been in airports, where we forecast TSA wait times at the top 100 US airports. In fact, […]

    August 11, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Does newspaper candidate forum constitute a quorum?

    We invited city council candidates to our newspaper offices for an editorial endorsement forum. There are three incumbents and one challenger for three seats. We will have me, the editor, and a reporter there to ask the candidates questions about why we should endorse their candidacy. Because there are three candidates currently on the […]

    October 6, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    University of California Collections

    I'm trying to gain viewing and copying access of an archive at UCLA Special Collections that until last week has been available to the public. It is a collection of materials from a research study funded by the NIMH in the 1970s, of a single subject who is now an incompetent adult, protected confidentially […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Cases Press Release

    Public Records Lawsuit Seeks Transparency at San José City Hall

    […] records from, non-governmental devices or accounts, such as Liccardo’s personal email account," the lawsuit states, referring to a 2017 California Supreme Court decision against the city. The new lawsuit challenges the city’s response to four public records requests by San José Spotlight or FAC dating back to December 2020. Given evidence of a practice […]

    February 3, 2022

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Announcing FAC’s “Kiss” and “Kiss-Off” awards

    In keeping with the new normal of polarized politics, FAC has launched a new feature that views the world of First Amendment issues as consisting of good guys and bad guys. The good guys, on whom we bestow a "First Amendment Kiss," are people and institutions who, by their acts, words, or example, strengthen […]

    September 3, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Mayor up for reelection wants to stifle public comment on candidates

    […] of anyone who is speaking to a ballot initiative or on a candidate. Recently the mayor discussed the changes she’s proposing in an interview with a local newspaper and mentioned email communication with the city attorney aimed at creating a city policy that disallows speakers on non agenda items from topics of ballot initiative […]

    August 30, 2010

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    CPRA Newsgathering

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

    […] 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 for the shelter. The foundation’s website shows an obvious collaboration between the county shelter and the foundation. I would like to get my hands on […]

    October 16, 2013