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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How can I access records regarding college sports’ recruitment?

    […] request so that you are familiar with both the procedure for requesting such records and the scope of the laws. Finally, you can find a sample request letter (for California) on the FAC’s website, which you could adapt to other states as necessary.  As a practical matter, you will also want to think about exactly […]

    July 21, 2016

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    First Amendment Newsgathering Police Records

    How much detail about the incident, offense, or arrest is the public entitled to under the law?

    […] 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, state and local law enforcement agencies shall disclose the names and addresses of persons involved in, or witnesses other than […]

    May 25, 2018

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    CPRA School Records

    Accessing a public employee’s resume

    […] to remind the agencies of their legal obligation to justify a denial of a records request.  A sample PRA request is available on CFAC's website at: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/. The ultimate recourse under the PRA in the event of an improper denial is to initiate litigation.  It is sometimes helpful to remind the agencies that […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Free Membership

    Join the thousands of FAC Members whose support of FAC includes: Following FAC’s updates on California’s First Amendment challenges; Responding to calls to action from FAC; Allowing FAC to count your membership in amicus briefs, position letters, and advocacy work.

    September 9, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Student ID Tags

    […] and that I would call the Principal to discuss this. Our sons are good students and have never been in any type of trouble. We received a letter in the mail advising our son that he would now have to serve a Saturday detention because he did not appear at the original detention. I've […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Arrested for using “colorful” language at city council meeting

    […] case, the Court said that the state "may not, consistently with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, make the simple public display here involved of this single four- letter expletive a criminal offense."Id. at 26. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline […]

    December 31, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    City Councilmembers texting each other while deliberating

    If I understand correctly, you are asking whether a city council member can text or email other city council members over an issue that is formally before them. The Brown Act is violated when "a series of communications of any kind, directly or through intermediaries," is used by a majority of the members of […]

    July 10, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Employee Information and the CPRA

    […] said, the employees could have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Whether "Teamsters" is right or wrong has been subject to some debate. But even if it is correct, "Teamsters" would not seem to help state employees because the state has consistently released this information. For example, we are aware of at least one newspaper […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Trade secrets in public records

    In early May 2007, the media revealed that the city manager had entered into a written confidentiality agreement with representatives of a major sports team.  The parties to the agreement deemed in the document that certain information to be disclosed to the City would be "trade secrets."  Further, it was reported that such "trade secrets" […]

    June 14, 2009