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  • Latest News

    Extracting information from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) takes persistence and understanding one’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

  • Asked and Answered

    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.  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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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Demands Investigation, Return of Equipment After Photojournalist Arrested

    […] Jeremy Portje last week. Portje was filming at a homeless encampment in Sausalito on November 30, when he was arrested and his equipment seized by Sausalito police. News articles cover the arrest and seizurehere,here, andhere. The joint letter to Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli, Sausalito Mayor Jill Hoffman, and Sausalito Police Chief John […]

    December 8, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    What does the CPRA say about an agency charging a $48 “clerical fee”?

    I'm interested in getting some feedback from someone a little more experienced at filing public records act requests. I'm a little suspicious of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing charging a $48 "clerical fee"although their invoice does not list the amount of pages or mailing fee, implying the search has not yet been done. The request […]

    September 15, 2015

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    Brown Act FOIA

    Are the Board of Directors of our Apartment Complex subject to the Brown Act?

    The California Public Records Act ("PRA") provides that public records are presumptively open to the public, unless exempt from disclosure under the PRA.  Government Code section 6254(k) exempts from disclosure "records the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited pursuant to federal or state law."  Section 49076 of the California Education Code specifically prohibits […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Making a FOIA request to the Dept. of Homeland Security

    I'm an investigative reporter trying to obtain information from the Department of Homel and Security and Customs and Border Protection regarding the 32 miles of the northern border  that are considered secure; about the number of drugs, guns and weapons crossing over the border; staffing levels compared to the southern border.They say some information […]

    July 11, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Convening in closed sessions

    Our school board will be visiting the school site/employer of the finalist in our District superintendent search.  We are a 5-member board and 4 trustees want to participate in the site visit, which will be outside our District boundaries.  We want to fully investigate the performance of our finalist with face-to-face interviews with co-workers, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Newsgathering

    Accessing 911 Calls and Police Reports

    […] documentary on the lives of Transgender women. Many of them have been assaulted or even killed for being who they are. I want to show a few instances of that through 911 calls, police reports, and associated photos. The police department won't even respond to my requests. Do I have a right to obtain this information?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Accessing university’s decision making on promotions and tenure

    […] discoverer was denied support for his promotion and tenure by his department's promotion and tenure committee. I wish to obtain all documents related to this decision. Two questions: 1. Can I obtain them using FOIA? 2. Do I address the FOIA to the University's department of medicine? the Regents of the CA university system? Or […]

    June 9, 2015