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Governor Brown decides fate of open-government bills
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October 12, 2012
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FAC Seeks to Unseal Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Embattled Former State Senator
[…] official convicted of serious felonies.." The motion comes after FAC requested the records from the Supreme Court by person at the clerk's office and by sending a letter. FAC is represented in this matter by Tom Burke, Rochelle Wilcox and Selina MacLaren of the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine. View the complete motion here. […]November 20, 2018
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FAC Urges Santa Ana City Council to Withdraw Press Restrictions on City Council Meetings
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I Am The Victim of A Crime. Does the CPRA Allow Me Access Police Reports on the Incident?
[…] procedures…or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes." However, there is certain information that police are required to release. First, victims are entitled to certain information related to a […]January 9, 2020
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NSA surveillance case reflects a growing distrust in the federal judiciary
[…] the lawsuit—even if the plaintiff's claims have merit. It's as though the government is saying, in response to the plaintiff's legal complaint: Yes, you're charges are all correct, but you can't prove them without disclosing classified information (or forcing us to do so in our defense), so you lose. Justice Department lawyers appearing before […]June 2, 2009
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Autopsies and CPRA
[…] by stating that you are requesting any records that would identify individuals who attended autopsies. A sample PRA request can be found on the CFAC website: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/ Although I am not aware of any per se exemption to disclosure that would apply to the records you are seeking, the agency may nevertheless argue […]June 14, 2009
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Accessing Police Reports
[…] subpoena. I went to the court and turned in a subpoena and turns out it was the wrong one. The office told me to either send a letter to invoke the Public Records Act or have a Subpoena Duces Tucem but I would also need to have a Notice to Consumer. Finally my question, […]June 14, 2009
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Your right to COVID-19 outbreak data
[…] justices take the opportunity to "remind public agencies that the right of access to information is a matter of law, notwhim or unsubstantiated hunch." Read our full letter to the California Supreme Court. And find more about the case here. Thank you, as always, for your interest in our work. David Snyder Executive Director […]September 2, 2021
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FAC Defends Press Freedom in Marin Photographer’s Case
[…] and yet police got a judge to sign a warrant. (Read more news coverage in the Marin Independent Journal and the Pacific Sun.) In our amicus curiae letter supporting Portje’s motion to quash the warrant, we explain that in order to preserve the independence of the press, both state and federal law require subpoenas, […]January 4, 2022
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FAC-backed bill, AB 521, would require disclosure of water usage by corporations
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