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    Cases Press Release

    FAC, ACLU Sue for Public Access to Kern County Superior Court

    […] Fresno against Kern County Superior Court officials for denying access to court proceedings in violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (Read more about FAC's open-government advocacy amid the COVID-10 crisis.) The suit comes at a time when many businesses in Kern County, including bowling alleys and hair salons, have been permitted […]

    June 26, 2020

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    Newsgathering

    Two-weeks notice before campus photographers can take pictures in bookstore

    Recently our vice president asked the student news media to send a written request two weeks in advance of their desire to take photographs inside the campus bookstore during open hours. Is that legal? Or does the bookstore on a public college property outside the classroom count as public property? Would the same apply […]

    October 22, 2013

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    Cases

    Amici Briefs Digest – March 2018

    Here are amicus briefs and/or letters FAC has either authored or joined since Dec. 2018: FAC Authored Amicus Briefs Brazil v. Newark Unified: On February 2, FAC filed an amicus brief that we co-authored with the ACLU in a trial court proceeding.ย  This was a fairly unusual move for FAC.ย  We have generally steered […]

    March 7, 2018

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    Cases Press Release

    Fifth Judge Sides with FAC, Orders Release of Records in Bryan Carmody Raid

    […] unseal materials that California law makes clear should have been public many, many weeks ago." Carmody became the target of police amid a leak investigation related to news coverage of the death of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi. When Carmody refused to give up his sources, police showed up at his home equipped […]

    September 3, 2019

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Board Conducting Publicโ€™s Business Via Private Emails

    […] two years.I do not expect to receive them, for a multitude of excuses. But, going forward, what is the process by which a Board can communicate electronically and still comply with the Brown Act?ย  What are the rules? What process could one use to require the Board to make those emails a part of […]

    June 24, 2010

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    CPRA

    Public Officialsโ€™ Personal Email

    […] city council member's use of his/her personal email account to discuss city business make that account subject to Public Records Act Requests? If so, is there a threshold between a single or several incidental uses and the systematic use of the personal email for city business that would trigger the account's exposure to such requests?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Applicability of the Public Records Act to Private Text Messages

    I read in the Examiner that Mayor Newsom has refused to turn over Hawaii-based communications related to his conversations re: the Busan oil spill.ย  He claims that the phone records and text messages are not public record because he used his personal iPhone and has not submitted a request for reimbursement from the City. […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Extracting information from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) takes persistence and understanding oneโ€™s rights under FOIA

    […] request, and it can take an additional 10-day extension, provided it acknowledges your request at that time of the extension. ICE has highly specific FOIA policies. For example, requests must be made to the FOIA office in Washington D.C., and all requests for specific "alien" files must be made to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]

    June 2, 2009