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    Journalists must be allowed to do their jobs while government officials do theirs

    The homelessness crisis is one of the biggest issues facing California. To understand the human toll of housing insecurity and to assess the efficacy of government response, we depend on journalists to sort fact from fiction. And to bear witness when governments take action. That is especially true when it comes to sweeps of […]

    September 17, 2024

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    Brown Act

    Can new board member get updated on past closed sessions?

    […] disclose the information to the new member would be appropriate. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

    November 28, 2011

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    CPRA School Records

    Public official’s email communications

    […] emails are confidential. My educated guess is that they deal with one case of a gun being found in a student's backpack and another case of near-campus melee that resulted in the arrest of 4 juveniles.Are these emails public records? Must they be released if they contain no information that must legally be held confidential?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    How long are routine County surveillance records archived?

    […] retention act, and is therefore silent on this front.  There are several other statutes that govern various agencies’ duty to retain records. With respect to City recordings: Government Code section 34090.6 requires: "the head of a department of a city or city and county, after one year, may destroy recordings of routine video monitoring…This […]

    May 6, 2016

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    Joint Statement from FAC and EFF on DOJ Leaks Investigations

    […] this threat to transparency is particularly grave." Sessions also raised the specter that the Justice Department will roll back internal DOJ protections against the overzealous use of government subpoenas against journalists, saying DOJ is "reviewing policies affecting media subpoenas." Current DOJ policies, substantially revamped in 2015 under then-Attorney General Eric Holder, recognize the critical […]

    August 4, 2017

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    CPRA Police Records

    Access to records in workers’ comp issue

    […] radio, phone, and cab logs based on the following letter: We have received your California Public Records Act request, these files are exempt from disclosure pursuant to Government Code 6254. However, you can contact the local law enforcement agencies to request what is releasable to you under the California Public Records Act. I don't […]

    April 5, 2016

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Applicability of the Public Records Act to Private Text Messages

    […] are not public record because he used his personal iPhone and has not submitted a request for reimbursement from the City. I have checked the Sunshine Law, Brown Act and CA Public Records Act and can find no authority for the Mayor's position. At the same time, I can find no authority for the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Will attorney/client privilege keep me from learning how County is spending bond money?

    […] obligated to inform you what code or law allows the county to use funds from a CSA in the situation you describe. Generally speaking, California laws require government agencies to disclose most writings related to public business and require legislative bodies of government agencies to conduct most of their meetings in public. But obtaining […]

    June 8, 2015

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    It starts again: A Washington, DC judge has ordered 5 journalists to name their confidential sources for stories about the anthrax letters of 2001

    By Peter Scheer Just when you thought it was safe again for journalists to talk to confidential sources inside government, a federal judge in Washington, DC has ordered five prominent reporters---Allan Lengel of the Washington Post; Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, both of Newsweek; Toni Locy, formerly of USA Today; and James Stewart of […]

    June 3, 2009