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  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    Key settlement in FAC case breaks new ground in public access to officials’ emails

    […] sent or received by the city's email server will be preserved for two years and made available for public inspection on the same terms as other city records," according to the agreement. "As most government records became digital, public officials all over the state have fallen in love with their computer's 'delete' key," said […]

    July 25, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Council-elect make decisions, but claim documents are not public

    […] not be sworn in until the day of the celebration) serve on this committee. My questions: is this committee considered private? Am I entitled to the financial records of this committee? I have requested the budget for the event, how much has been raised in donations and the names of the major donors but […]

    October 21, 2010

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    Brown Act

    Planning a Closed Session to Allow Confidential Documents

    […] of a local agency by any person in connection with a matter subject to discussion or consideration at an open meeting of the body, are disclosable public records under the California Public Records Act," ("PRA"), unless one of the PRA’s exemptions from disclosure applies. Cal Gov’t Code 54957.5. Essentially, this provision serves as an […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Jail Files of Prisoner Suicide

    Under the California Public Records Act, Government Code section 6250 et seq., records maintained by public agencies are presumptively available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies.  In this case, that exemption that likely applies is found in section 6254(f), which exempts "records of investigations" as well as "investigatory […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Internal audit reports and the CPRA

    […] open session. These reports are not made available during the meeting when requested. These reports are not available for inspection when requested. When I requested the reports, I was told the internal audit reports are not Public Records. I require guidance on possible reason/s these reports would not be subject to either Brown or PRA.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing complaints to public agencies

    As you may know, under California's Public Records Act, the public has a right to inspect and obtain copies of documents collected or maintained by state or local agencies unless a particular exemption of the PRA or other law authorizes the agency to withhold the record.  The PRA requires agencies to provide the documents […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    Journalists Thomas Peele & Caroline Titus named 2016 FAC Award Winners

    […] contestants will be honored, one representing a mainstream news organization, and the other representing small-scale community journalism. What they share is their diligence in pursuit of access to public records in order to report stories that advance government transparency and  "the people’s right to know." The winners are journalists Thomas Peele and Caroline Titus. The following […]

    November 29, 2016

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    Court Rules Santa Clara County Must Disclose Parcel Map Database to California First Amendment Coalition

    In landmark open records case, court rules Santa Clara County must disclose parcel map database to California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) Santa Clara County must make public--at minimal cost and without restrictions on use--its digital "basemap" showing parcel boundaries, the assessor’s parcel number for each parcel, parcel address, and other similar data for all […]

    June 2, 2009

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    CPRA Newsgathering School Records

    State university won’t disclose student cafeteria workers’ pay

    […] a 2007 case that the salaries of certain highly paid employees, specifically police officers earning more than $100,000 a year, were subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act (and those salaries could be matched with specific names).  See IFPTE v. Superior Court, 42 Cal. 4th 319 (2007). Case after case following IFPTE seems to recognize that […]

    June 14, 2014

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    CPRA

    Accessing City Annuities and Investments

    Under the California Public Records Act ("PRA"), records in the possession of public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's enumerated exemptions to disclosure applies.  See Cal Govt Code Section 6252.  Thus, records pertaining to the City's investments that are in the possession of the City are public records unless […]

    June 14, 2009