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    First Amendment

    Can Golf Group Nix Magazine Give Away in Parking Lot?

    […] "limited public forums," or areas that traditionally have not been made open to the public, but have become public forums for at least some purposes because the government body that regulates a particular area has made it available for use by the public.In order to restrict speech in a public forum or limited public […]

    June 23, 2010

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    Brown Act

    Advisory committee subject to Brown Act?

    If the air quality district appoints an advisory committee to oversee an air toxics program that will go on for 2-3 years, and it has no members from the Board of Directors (only staff, public citizens), are their meetings subject to the Brown Act? If so, do all the notice, public comment rules apply?

    June 14, 2009

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    Press Release

    FAC Forces Disclosure of CA Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Former State Sen. Wright

    Nearly 300 pages of previously secret documents became public yesterday after the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) filed a motion to unseal records regarding Gov. Jerry Brown’s effort to pardon former state Sen. Rod Wright. Thedocuments—some still heavily redacted—had been originally filed under seal as part of a flawed, longstanding practice in which all papers […]

    January 4, 2019

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    Brown Act CPRA

    School Board Agenda Packets Availability

    […] agencies. See Govt Code 54950 et seq.  First, with respect to the meeting notice requirements under the Brown Act, a legislative body, including a public school board, must post an agenda at least 72 hours before the meeting.  Govt Code 54954.2.  In limited situations, special meetings may be called and noticed on 24 hours […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Administrative hearing transcripts

    […] called the judge and he claimed that they were confidential attorney work product. 1. My reading of the California Code is that a transcript of administrative hearings must be made. 2. As a party to the action, and also because this was an open meeting, that transcript should be available to me. 3. This […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    Special Commentary | You Have the Right to Record Law Enforcement Officers — Including at the Border

    In a landmark settlement, the federal government was forced to concede that there is no border exception to this First Amendment right. Note: In April 2022, the First Amendment Coalition joined the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties as co-counsel to help enforce the landmark settlement protecting the right to record at the […]

    June 9, 2022

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    CPRA Police Records

    Is law enforcement body camera footage a public record?

    […] which means, presumptively, body camera footage would be subject to disclosure unless some other exemption applies. In California, however, police investigatory records are exempt from disclosure under Government Code § 6254(f).  Thus, to the extent that the requested footage has become part of a police investigation, then it likely would be exempt from disclosure under the […]

    January 19, 2015

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    First Amendment

    Do trade publications have same speech protections as other journalists?

    […] motivation for the speech.Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products, Corp., 463 U.S. 60, 66-67 (1983). In Central Hudson, the Court articulated a four-part test for determining whether the government may regulate commercial speech, which involves: (1) a determination of whether the advertising is false or deceptive, (2) whether there is a substantial governmental interest in […]

    September 28, 2011

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    CPRA

    Drafts and Public Record

    A government agency may argue that draft reports , such as the type you refer to, can be withheld pursuant to the Public Records Act's exemption for "preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency memoranda" (codified in Gov't Code § 6254(a)).  However, such exemption applies only to documents that are "not retained by the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Can a School Board Restrict Recording of a Meeting to a Designated Area?

    […] certain how a reviewing court would interpret this provision of the law. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC 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.

    February 17, 2021