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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Brown Act Rules About Late Night Meeting

    […] the agenda, such as emergencies. You may also want to double check the city council’s bylaws on the length of city council meetings to determine if the correct procedures were followed. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries.  In responding to these […]

    April 9, 2018

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    CPRA Police Records

    Obtaining Copies of Police Reports Relating to a Minor

    […] seek, reminding them of their obligation under section 6254(f) to provide you with the required disclosures.  A sample CPRA request is available on CFAC's website at: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/.  Note that the PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days.  Cal. […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    School district claims too busy to fulfill document request

    […] the FAC's Lawyer's Assistance Request Form at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/lawyers-assistance-request-form/. You might also find this link, which contains additional information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, helpful: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, […]

    August 18, 2011

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    CPRA

    Mayor’s appearance calendar

    A local activist says that the Mayor and City Attorney "have both sent me letters refusing to divulge the mayor's calendar of scheduled May appearances as Mayor and/or his appointment book of meetings as Mayor for the past two months." Is this legal under Prop 59?

    June 14, 2009

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    FOIA

    Records with the names of citizens and non-citizens

    […] conjunction with a federal program called the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program. This program involves payments from the federal government to states and localities that have incurred correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating certain undocumented criminal aliens.The court decided that the BJA was justified in withholding names and other individually identifying information from the […]

    June 14, 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

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    First Amendment Social Media

    My Councilmember Has Blocked Me from Posting on Her Official Page

    […] that she immediately unblock you from her Facebook page. This might have more force if you can find others who have been blocked and would co-sign a letter with you. You could also notify city officials (i.e., the mayor, the city attorney) of the council member’s actions, and ask that they require her to […]

    April 13, 2019

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    Brown Act

    Does the CA legislature have an open meeting law?

    You are correct that neither the Brown Act nor Bagley-Keen Act applies to the California legislature. The Grunsky-Burton Open Meeting Act passed in 1989, however, does require "all meetings of a house of the Legislature or a committee thereof shall be open and public" unless specifically exempted.  Govt. Code § 9027. Committee includes "a standing […]

    December 17, 2014