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CPRA

Can An Agency Extend Response to a CPRA Request Up to Eight Weeks Due to Covid?

I received a response to a CPRA request notifying me that I would likely not receive a response for eight weeks. Is this extended window consistent with the PRA? If it is not, what remedies are available to me? [This questions was submitted in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic.)

April 21, 2022
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Brown Act CPRA

Are Special Districts covered by Brown Act, CPRA?

I'm trying to track down the California law that authorizes special districts. It almost seems as if once in place and appointed, the dependent districts fall off the radar and don't want to be known about or have their actions/inactions challenged. The one I'm battling seems to have never heard of the Brown Act […]

January 2, 2011
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CPRA

Will attorney/client privilege keep me from learning how County is spending bond money?

[…] use funds from a CSA (County Service Area), which is involved in a lawsuit. What was presented to the people in the ballot said nothing about using the funds for the legal defense of the County. Is the information I requested attorney client privilege or is it public information? I look forward to your response.

June 8, 2015
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Brown Act

Board member shared confidential information after closed session

[…] and I am finishing out the school year. However, within a week of this decision, made and executed during a closed session, I learned from two different reliable sources that two Board members had shared this decision with at least three different staff members. What are my rights? What, if any, course of action […]

September 9, 2016
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Brown Act

Does the Brown Act apply when board members attend a Town Hall meeting?

At a recent Town Hall meeting, water rates were discussed. A majority of directors of the water district were in attendance to answer any questions. They did not notice this meeting. Items were discussed that they will vote on. Is this a Brown Act violation?

December 29, 2011
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Brown Act

Emergency agenda items and proper notice requirements

My first question is: What is the correct procedure for adding an "emergency" item to a city Council agenda? Recently, a City Council added an "emergency" closed session to its agenda to discuss "anticipated litigation" without any motions or votes. My second question is about anticipated litigation: Must it be described in some fashion […]

June 14, 2009
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The Libby trial highlights the hypocrisy of players in Washington’s favorite pastime: the political scandal

[…] step of subpoenaing reporters and getting a federal judge to jail those who refused to discuss their sources--a sanction ultimately imposed on only one media witness, former New York Times reporter Judith Miller. The result was the bizarre and unsettling spectacle of journalist after journalist, as witnesses in the Libby trial, testifying publicly about […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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Justice Roberts Saved the Supreme Court — Here’s What He Needs to Do Next

[…] can the Court do to shore up its legitimacy in a world in which the Glenn Becks and Keith Olbermanns are in ascendancy? Answer: It can, finally, open its doors to the public, permitting real-time video transmission, via TV and the internet, of the Court's proceedings. Although some of the Justices apparently fear that […]

July 11, 2012
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Brown Act CPRA

Are city council subcommittees Brown Act-exempt?

I am trying to get some skeleton data on a new crop of Brown Act-exempt City Council subcommittees. I requested the subcommittees' mission statements, which I assumed were set out prior to commencement. Some have had four meetings thus far, and one as many as seven meetings. I have not received a response regarding the […]

September 21, 2012
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FOIA

Does Excessive Redaction of FOIA Requested Documents Constitute Censorship?

I have received a FOIA response with 50 percent of the content redacted, which constitutes excessive censorship. U.S. General Services Administration is not a DoD agency nor an intelligence agency. Therefore, GSA excessive redaction rendering the received FOIA response illegible and useless.

February 27, 2018