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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Non-Response to Requests

    I sent a Freedom of Information Act Request to the California Department of Corrections trying to obtain information related to my position there.  It was an information act using the form letter making a state (not federal) request.  The request was sent by certified mail and they did not respond.  What should I do […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Bundling agenda action items silences public input

    […] themselves would probably depend on what the board's bylaws permit.) The Brown Act does not specify a particular way that a violation of the Act may be cured and corrected, but presumably the board could satisfy the Act by reopening the process to permit public awareness of all the facts and views, as well […]

    September 17, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Closed meeting and the Brown Act

    I'm thinking about writing a letter of cure/correct regarding a pattern of what appear to be Brown Act Violations. The district acted to correct the June 19 violation. According to a story we published previewing a meeting this past Tuesday, July 3: "After closed session on Tuesday, the board is scheduled to convene in […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Non-English Speaking Participants at City Council Meetings

    […] Council Meetings, either because of the language barrier or because they have to be at work at the same times meetings are held. If my neighbors write letters in Spanish, am I allowed to read and translate these letters for the public record? Would that count as "my three minutes of time" or my […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Can a newspaper be sued for the content of a letter to the editor?

    I am a owner and publisher of a local community newspaper. We printed a letter to the editor that named a person in the community and mentioned their family in regards to legal matters and other issues they were dealing with. Now the person the letter referenced is suing my newspaper, claiming defamation of character. Not […]

    August 14, 2015

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC Demands Investigation, Return of Equipment After Photojournalist Arrested

    […] post has been updated with the latest developments in the Jeremy Portje matter. First Amendment Coalition and the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California Chapter sent a letter today to Marin County and Sausalito city officials warning of potential violations of federal and state law in the arrest of journalist Jeremy Portje last week. […]

    December 8, 2021

  • Posts

    FAC Urges Mendocino County to Adhere to First Amendment Protections in Establishing Media Program for PRA Requests

    Read FAC’s August 29 Letter to Mendocino County Officials We are urging Mendocino County officials to adhere to First Amendment protections in establishing its media program to offset new fees the county has imposed for copies of records requested under the California Public Records Act. The letter follows Mendocino County’s passage of an ordinance […]

    August 30, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    State appointed School District Trustee violating Brown Act, CPRA

    […] denying public review of the application for the School Board seats of those he selected. We sent a letter to the State Trustee asking him to " cure and correct" the Brown Act violation he committed and just received a response from the school district’s lawyer saying that he was in compliance with the […]

    May 18, 2015

  • Latest News

    Reader-comments sections of news websites needn’t be cesspools. Editors should EDIT comments as they would letters-to-the-editor.

    […] newspapers, by actively moderating online discussions, and by editing (and selectively deleting) comments, assume liability for defamatory comments posted by readers. Although traditional print publication of " letters to the editor" does carry some of these risks, online publishers of user-generated content enjoy a degree of legal protection bordering on complete immunity---thanks to a […]

    March 5, 2010