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    CPRA

    What rules apply to searching DMV database?

    […] laws regarding license plate queries? My Ex, or his buddies, "ran" all of my friends and family through CLETS in order to gather information. When I cont acted the DMV and filed a formal complaint, I was told it was a "family court issue." Also, I recently requested documents from the agency where my […]

    December 7, 2010

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    Cases Press Release

    Obama acts on FAC petition against China’s “Great Firewall”

    October 19, 2011---The Obama administration on Wednesday said that, using World Trade Organization rules, it was calling on the government of China to answer detailed questions about its censorship of the internet--in particular, the blocking of websites of US-based businesses seeking to tap the vast Chinese consumer market. The announcement, which grows out of […]

    October 20, 2011

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    CPRA FOIA

    Record of state and federal spending

    […] legislature and judiciary to make public all records pertaining to how state and federal tax monies are spent? Would not the California Public Records Act have to comply with Federal Law (i.e. Freedom of Information Act)? If not, could not a suit be brought in federal court seeking an injunction to force the state […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA FOIA

    Construction inspectors’ addresses omitted from CPRA response

    […] is almost the same as the standard contained in the Public Record Act's catch-all exemption). Moreover, courts have found that the when the information pertains to a governmental employee or contractor, the more authority the governmental actor has, the more reduced is his or her expectation of privacy, and the less "unwarranted" a disclosure […]

    July 18, 2013

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    Bagley-Keene Act

    How Do Citizens Know If Agenda Items Meet the Criteria for Closed Sessions Discussion?

    […] the discussions of item 4a, b, c, and are therefore also more appropriate for closed session. The basis for this is found in the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (see Gov. Code, sec. 11120 and following.)" This sounds good, but (a) it's a huge break from how the items were handled in the past and […]

    December 14, 2020

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    Brown Act

    Quorums and valid actions

    Our Downtown Business Association is under the Brown Act.  At the end of our meetings, members leave before the meeting is finished yet they continue to vote and make crucial decisions.  The President says that since there was a quorum at the beginning of meeting, they can make decisions even if the members leave.  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    State Public Health Department Withholding Public Inspection Records

    […] the machine used. I received a statement stating my request was being delayed and I might not receive all of the records. After complaining and resubmitting my request, I received some of the records but not all. I was told an administrator must first inspect the public records and then decide which records are given.

    February 7, 2018

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    Using Trade Agreements As a Tool to Further Rights of Free Speech

    […] the Beijing Olympic Games, a U.S.-based coalition is striving to keep the spotlight squarely focused on China. The California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) is urging the U.S. government to launch a formal complaint against China at the Geneva-based World Trade Organization, alleging that the country's heavy-handed Internet censorship violates world trading rules. The CFAC […]

    June 3, 2009

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    CPRA

    Using the CPRA to access list of alcoholic beverage licensees

    […] to whether business email addresses which are provided to the ABC-California by alcoholic beverage license applicants are subject to disclosure under the provisions of the California Public Records Act? And if, so, how can we obtain a list of all alcoholic beverage licensees in the State of California which include the following: (1) The name of […]

    June 13, 2016

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    IRS censorship of nonprofits must give way to the First Amendment

    […] under the First Amendment---particularly when applied to pure speech about political matters---the nonprofit community, in general, takes it in stride. One hears few complaints by nonprofits about government censorship of their political speech.  But there is one segment of the nonprofit world to which application of the IRS rules is, or should be, totally […]

    July 28, 2016