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    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

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    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

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    Brown Act

    aa-Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and the Brown Act

    […] for closed sessions (items to be discussed must be posted on agenda, requirements for closed sessions must be met, etc). As to your first question, you are correct that in general, public comment must be allowed before or during the Board's consideration of the particular item.  However, Brown Act itself does not contain any […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Court Records

    Accessing Court Records and List of Cases

    […] to the appellate court for list of cases (included those unpublished) filed for appeal relating to 2 Superior Court judges for past 5 years. Response was a letter stating they didn’t have any cases on file for me. There is, in fact a case on file but not what I asked for. Made 2nd […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Is the list of employees taking voluntary buyouts a public document?

    […] writing, and ask that the district explain any grounds for denial of your request. You can find additional information regarding the Public Records Act, including sample request letters, on the FAC's website here: https://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 […]

    August 27, 2010

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Can they deny my request for a video of a meeting that was streamed live?

    […] who prevails in litigation filed pursuant to the Act, Gov't Code § 6259(d). You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter and a CPRA primer, on the FAC’s website here. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. […]

    June 12, 2015

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    CPRA

    When government outsources program are documents public?

    […] you have even offered to pay for the copies you have requested. See Cal. Govt. Code §§ 6252(e) and 6253.9(b). Furthermore, you should point out in this letter that 50 other cities have already released this information to you and that the city has no good reason to deny access to that information. Ask […]

    October 10, 2011