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    CPRA

    CPRA request won’t be fulfilled unless we show documents we’ve already received

    […] messages contained on personal devices such as smartphones are subject to disclosure under the Act. The issue was litigated in 2013, and in a trial court victory for government transparency, the judge ruled that the Act applies to government officials’ emails and texts about government business, even if such messages were sent or received using […]

    June 16, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Closed Session Voting

    In a closed session discussion, a vote was taken regarding the non-reelect of employees.  After the vote two people were asked why they voted the way they did (they had not discussed their reasons against the action prior to the vote).  Is the reason they gave for the way they voted confidential information?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Is a Salary/Wage Review Really A “Trade Secret”?

    […] Their response was, "Said records are not subject to public disclosure as they constitute valuable trade secrets of the District which if disclosed to competitors could undermine the District's efforts to recruit and retain qualified employees (California Government Code Section 6267 and California Evidence Code Section 1060)." Is this in fact truly a trade secret?

    July 2, 2010

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Free Speech & Open Government Award winners honored at Cal Press Foundation 138th Annual Dinner Banquet

    The 2015 recipients of the Free Speech & Open Government Award competition were honored Thursday, December 3 at the California Press Foundation’s 138th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The two winners of this year’s awards used different methods to accomplish their goals ­­one upholding the finest traditions of community journalism and the other demonstrating […]

    December 15, 2015

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    CPRA

    Enforcement of the Public Records Act

    Who enforces the California Public Records Act? I have been seeking information from a regional services district, but they refuse to provide me with the information I am seeking which would provide evidence of their misrepresentation of facts and directly and repeatedly lying to me.  They say that the information can be withheld from […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Report Request Denied Citing ‘Attorney Work Product, Official Info and Deliberative Process Privilege’

    […] disclosure to the public by the attorney work-product privilege (Code of Civil Procedure §2018.030), the official information privilege (Evidence Code §1040), and the deliberative process privilege ( Government Code §6255; Times Mirror Co. v. Superior Court (1991) 53 Cal.3d 1325)." I'd like to get some guidance on this. Would such a report actually fall […]

    November 27, 2018

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    FAC News Press Release

    ProPublica Staffers Win 2018 FAC Award for “Trump Town” Investigative Series

    The First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipient of its 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award is the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, selected for its extensive use of public records to increase transparency around political appointees at the highest levels of government. This year’s award goes to ProPublica staffers Derek Kravitz, Al […]

    November 28, 2018

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    SB 331, a secrecy bill masquerading as a transparency bill, deserves a veto

    BY PETER SCHEER--I’m always suspicious of legislation that increases government secrecy. But what really gets my attention is legislation that purports to make government more transparent---when in fact its true purpose and effect are just the opposite. SB 331, which is awaiting the Governor’s signature, is just such a sham: an official secrecy act […]

    September 16, 2015

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    FAC Fights Unprecedented Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K From Records Requester

    […] requested public records under the California Public Records Act is legally meritless, unprecedented, and would cast an intolerable chill over the public’s ability to learn about their government. Newark Unified has asked the Alameda County Superior Court in California to order Elizabeth Brazil to pay the school district $449, 317.60 for time the district’s […]

    February 6, 2018