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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    School District agenda packets

    I have submitted a phone request to my local School District for copies of the Board Packet.  I was refused, stating that "it was not their policy."  I then sent a Certified Letter citing legal references and demanding the documents.  They are still delaying and refusing.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Denied access to file detailing code violations

    […] 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." Investigatory files of the city's code enforcement office might qualify for this exemption to the extent that they are records maintained […]

    December 26, 2011

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    Blog Cases

    Super Bowl Score: Cop Overtime $6.3 Million, Taxpayers 0

    […] reimbursed. Not only did the City not get any reimbursement for Super Bowl 50 costs, the Fire and Police departments, along with the Emergency Management Department, signed letters of assurance to not seek reimbursement from the NFL for providing additional public safety services related to the Super Bowl. Only two City departments – the […]

    April 14, 2016

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    CPRA

    Request For Public Employee W2 Forms Fulfilled, But Heavily Redacted. Are The Redactions Legal?

    […] pension/STRS contributions on behalf of the employee), and state income tax withheld. When I asked to have these redactions removed, the school's legal counsel responded with a letter that stated that would be an unwarranted invasion of privacy and not serve the public interest. Is there an accepted standard for what W2 information is […]

    April 26, 2022

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    Blog

    CFAC files suit in affirmative action case to defend researcher’s academic freedom and oppose State Bar’s claim that it is above the law of access

    […] is affirmative action, the mere mention of which raises blood pressure levels among bureaucrats of all political persuasions. And because Sander's research breaches a taboo of political correctness: he hypothesizes that affirmative action, at least in top law schools, actually hurts the minority students it is designed to help. It does this, Sander suggests, […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Our Work

    Detailed guides on open meetings and open records, with sample letters for you to customize.

    June 11, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Can I Use the CPRA to access investigative files?

    […] respond with legal arguments as to why the records you seek should be disclosed.  You can find additional information on the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, on the FAC's website at Access to Public Records  Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In […]

    March 26, 2015

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    FOIA

    Can TSA deny company public information under FOIA?

    […] very, very odd about this. We provide this work to the public for free. The data is public. I don't charge TSA. Many stakeholders have written TSA letters of support to keep supplying data, all of which fall on deaf ears. If you look at what the TSA spends money on, some of the […]

    August 11, 2014

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    Blog

    Free the Hewlett-Packard 5!

    […] bloggers who resisted subpoenas from Apple Computer demanding the name of a company insider who leaked corporate documents containing alleged trade secrets. Lawyers for the bloggers argued, correctly in my view, that Apple should first be required to force its employees to submit to polygraph tests---and only after those fail to ID the leaker […]

    June 2, 2009