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Remembering FAC Founding Father and California Journalism Giant, Frank McCulloch

[…] frequently hailed as a journalist’s journalist. When he retired as managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner in 1991, staff writer Harry Jupiter commented: "These are bittersweet days at The Examiner. Reporters don’t usually get misty-eyed at the departure of the boss. But Frank McCulloch is not a typical boss … McCulloch leaves enormous […]

May 31, 2018
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CPRA

Accessing police reports

If you submit a written request under the Public Records Act for a copy of the complaint, the PRA requires that the police department respond within 10 days and, if the department claims the complaint is exempt from disclosure, it must tell you in writing why it is not giving you a copy by […]

June 14, 2009
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FAC Litigation Report: update on select current cases
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
January 17, 2017
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June 12, 2024
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Accessing Court Records and List of Cases

[…] those kind of statistics and referred me to www.courtinfo.ca.gov and see info concerning opinions. This is not what I requested and only lists unpublished cases for 100 days previous. I know that this data is required by law to be gathered. Which law/statute? There is an unusual number of affirmations coming out of the […]

June 14, 2009
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Four Open-Government Battles We Are Fighting and Why They Matter
December 19, 2019
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Brown Act CPRA

Question and Answer Session with Consultants

[…] to be sent in any particular matter, nor do you need to request a return receipt. However, as you probably know the PRA gives an agency 10 days to respond to a request, and so it can be helpful to have some proof of when the request is received by the agency. A date […]

June 14, 2009
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Real outrage is that surveillance of AP reporters’ phone calls was probably legal
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May 20, 2013
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FAC lawsuit leads to model CPRA policy for dot-gov email

[…] viewed emails as a lesser species of public records, subject to being erased or destroyed virtually any time. Auburn’s former "retention" policy OK’d deletion after only 30 days. Under the settlement, emails will be saved as long as paper-and-ink records Auburn’s requirement that city emails, regardless of account type, be forwarded and saved in […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
December 23, 2012
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Brown Act CPRA

Printing by public officials

[…] to be sent in any particular matter, nor do you need to request a return receipt. However, as you probably know the PRA gives an agency 10 days to respond to a request, and so it can be helpful to have some proof of when the request is received by the agency. A date […]

June 14, 2009