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    Craig Newmark Philanthropies Commits $100K to FAC

    Gift fuels journalist training programs, open- government litigation and press freedom defense work The First Amendment Coalition today announced a $100,000 gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to support the nonprofit’s work advancing government transparency, free speech and a free press. The gift comes during an especially critical time for combatting government secrecy and threats […]

    September 9, 2020

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    Behind the Headlines: How EdSource Put Sunshine on Policing in California Schools

    […] faced nearly a triple level of blockage on this. With limited exceptions, police in California have very wide discretion to provide nothing under the California Public Records Act, largely because of  the investigatory records exemption,* which is very broad and almost never expires. Additionally, schools are subject to educational privacy rules, so what happens […]

    October 14, 2024

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    CPRA

    Do legal fees count under pending litigation CPRA exemption?

    […] county has spent on a current and ongoing lawsuit.   The County states that the information revealing the total money spent is privileged because the case is in active litigation. It would appear to me that no privileged information concerning the case would be jeopardized by providing the total amount of taxpayer money spent on […]

    February 4, 2014

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    CPRA

    Legal Action Against a Board Member in Closed Session

    Is it legal for the superintendent and board president to put under closed session anticipating legal action regarding a board member without notifying that board member of the reasons, etc.?

    June 14, 2009

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    FAC, EFF and Wired win unsealing of documents in hip-hop website seizure case

    BY DEBORAH FRUIN--A federal district court in Los Angeles has unsealed records related to a government shutdown of a music blog/website, Dajaz1.com, for suspicion of copyright piracy. The unsealing had been requested by FAC, Wired, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Using a forfeiture authority usually invoked to seize cars and houses in drug cases, […]

    May 16, 2012

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    CPRA

    How do I enforce my right under the CPRA to inspect records?

    I have submitted via fax a Public Records Act Request to a California healthcare district hospital that is a local government entity. The district responded to one request on the PRA but not to the request to inspect the Department of Respiratory Therapy Policy and Procedures Manual. (The title of the manual was found […]

    June 7, 2017

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    Brown Act

    Individual Meetings for Review

    Does the following constitute a violation of the Brown Act's prohibition on serial informal meetings? An architect of a controversial project in Palo Alto met individually with 4 of 5 members of the Architectural Review Board following a particularly negative public review. It seems his purpose was to get feedback on his designs and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    What’s the law regarding destruction of public records?

    California has several statutes addressing document destruction/retention.With respect to city governments, Government Code Section 34090 requires that the city retain any record that is less than two years old: Unless otherwise provided by law, with the approval of the legislative body by resolution and the written consent of the city attorney, the head of […]

    July 20, 2010