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    Brown Act CPRA

    Brown Act violation involving resignations

    […] request a copy, to determine voting and appointment requirements. Additionally, the resignation (and any document rescinding it) may be available to you by way of a public records request.  The Public Records Act provides that a public record, which includes "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, […]

    April 4, 2016

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    Blog

    One judge’s brilliant (and hilarious) rejoinder to lawyers trying to cut off public access to court documents

    […] of humor, but because he is a judge who takes seriously the settled legal rules, grounded in the first amendment, that strongly discourage the sealing of court records. Over-sealing of records, particularly in commercial  litigation, is epidemic in state and federal courts across the country. The reason is that secrecy is very often in […]

    August 25, 2015

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    FAC News Press Release

    Former FAC Executive Director Peter Scheer Awarded Society of Professional Journalists Career Achievement Prize

    […] which FAC brought a number of groundbreaking cases to preserve and expand the public’s right to know. His work led to the disclosure of countless once-secret government records, including the management fees paid by CALPERS, California’s public-employee retirement system, to private equity and hedge funds; memos by the United States Department of Justice on […]

    February 22, 2017

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    Blog

    1st Amendment unravels plans to hide Cosby transcript, police-shooting video

    […] But . . . but . . .the lawyers may not have fully taken into account the First Amendment, which provides a right of access to judicial records (and also judicial proceedings). Although it’s true that litigants, in settling a case, are generally free to agree between themselves that they won’t assert certain rights, […]

    July 21, 2015

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    Cases Press Release

    L.A. Sheriff Agrees to Unsealing of Warrant to Search Photojournalist and Black Lives Matter Protesters’ Cell Phones

    […] for over two years, in violation of California state law and the First Amendment, which "creates a presumptive right of public and press access to court criminal records, including search warrant records," according to the motion to unseal. The only exception to this rule is to protect the identity of confidential informants, which was […]

    May 23, 2023

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    CPRA

    Details of Preliminary Lawsuit Settlements

    Under the Public Records Act ("PRA"), records in the possession of state and local government entities are presumed to be public unless one of the PRA's enumerated exemptions to disclosure applies.  See Cal Govt Code Section 6252.   Settlement agreements entered into by public agencies have been recognized as public records by California Courts.  See […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Water agency contractors’ calculations “trade secret”?

    It seems that you should be able to file a formal Public Records Act request in order to demand a copy of the employment contract between the county water agency and the consultant. Pursuant to Government Code § 6254.8, the employment contracts of public employees are expressly a matter of public record. I can’t […]

    January 16, 2012

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    CPRA

    Charter schools and public oversight

    I have reason and documentation to believe that the charter school my children attend has not been properly permitted and fire codes have been violated. The Governing Board falls under the Brown Act as a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation. Can I request and receive copies of permits from the school for the portable classrooms […]

    June 14, 2009