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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing Government Phone Records

    […] etc. and that privilege can not be invoked by a municipality or local government to redact the incoming and outgoing phone numbers from those records.  Is that correct?  If so - where has this been done before?  Other than the 2005 San Diego City Attorney opinion, are there more legal opinions on this out […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Press Release

    Cal Poly Student Journalist, FAC Sue University for Withholding Public Records

    […] passed with no update, despite Wilson asking again and reminding Cal Poly of its obligation to provide an estimated date. On June 16, 2023, FAC sent a letter on Wilson’s behalf identifying the numerous California Public Records Act violations Cal Poly has committed regarding her public records requests. A month later, Cal Poly did […]

    April 23, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Animal shelters deny CPRA request for names of rescue orgs we want to support

    […] exemption and describing how it applies to the records that you seek).  Gov’t Code 6253(c). You can find more information about the PRA, including a sample request  letter, on the FAC’s website here: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer-2023-update/ Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to […]

    October 16, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I use the Sunshine Act to access to state-controlled information?

    […] you in making a focused and effective request that reasonably describes identifiable records.  Gov’t Code § 6253.1.  You can learn more about the PRA, and find sample letters here: Public Records Act Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, […]

    April 7, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Are Power Point Presentations to Board of Healthcare District Public Records?

    […] refuse to allow you to inspect or copy it. If you wish you submit a Public Records Act request for the presentation, you can find a sample letter that you might want to take a look at on our website here. Cal. Gov’t § 54957.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 6255 or any other law, agendas of […]

    February 22, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Can California Agencies Continue to Hold Meetings Remotely After the State Reopens?

    The agency’s response that making public participation in agency meetings available online and through Zoom is "currently not legal under the Brown Act" is in correct. The agency does acknowledge that online meetings would not comply with the Brown Act "but for the emergency order," presumably referring to Executive Order N-29-20, attached. The order […]

    June 11, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA FOIA Police Records

    Sheriff’s office won’t release names of inmates held on immigration charges

    […] 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, nothing in this division shall require the disclosure of that portion of those investigative files that reflects the analysis […]

    August 26, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    What Constitutes a Local Agency

    […] written request for records reflecting the information you seek.  A sample Public Records Act request can be found on CFAC's web site at the following link: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/. The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days of a request.  […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I access recordings made by the LA Dept. of Animal Services?

    […] disclosure. "Writing" includes not only writings in the traditional sense, but "every other means of recording upon any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored." Gov't Code […]

    November 15, 2014