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Pricing the Public Out of Public Records

[…] and relied on a state law outside of the Public Records Act, which we have made clear was misapplied. And to great detriment. The Mendocino Voice, a news website serving the region, is still waiting for the records the county said would cost $84,001.22. That figure is about one-third of the news organization’s annual […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
May 11, 2023
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CPRA Police Records

Police refuse to release report on shooting

The police are refusing to release a report it is doing on a shooting. Many months have passed since the incident. They give no explanation for their actions. What would be the best way to proceed to get them to release the report?

October 31, 2011
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Press Rights

FAC Supports CA Senate Bill 629 to Protect Members of the Press During Protests

The First Amendment Coalition supports a California bill that would help ensure members of the news media covering protests are protected from physical assault, arrest, or obstruction of their news gathering activities by law enforcement agencies. FAC, together with the California News Publisher’s Association, California Black Media, Ethnic Media Services and ImpreMedia, submitted a […]
- Press Freedom
June 26, 2020
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Brown Act

May I request to have agendas mailed to me?

Can I request to have an agenda mailed to me at the time of posting? And what is the time frame?

October 15, 2013
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Brown Act

Closed sessions…

Our city attorney is planning a closed session meeting with the city council and police review commission to discuss a recent court decision regarding open police complaint hearings. Is this legal?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Police Blotter Information

The city’s Police Department's blotter consists of the following information: Date, Time, Crime, Address The Public Records Act says "...state and local law enforcement agencies shall make public the following information...the time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received by agency and the time and nature of the response including […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

A City Council’s COVID-19 Ordinance Allows Only email or Pre-Recorded Telephonic Comments

Does a city government satisfy the Brown Act and/or Executive Order N-29-20 if a City Council is only allowing written comments submitted by email or pre-recorded telephonic comments?

January 20, 2021
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For Google, Facebook et al, the best defense against NSA surveillance is not legal reform, but technology that forces the agency to come through the “front door”

[…] of information, photos etc. on social media, will not be compromised. Customers believe those assurances. They do so not because they think the tech companies are a new species of corporation, different from traditional businesses in their focus on profits and growth. On the contrary, they trust Google, Facebook et al because, when it […]

January 7, 2014
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FAC News Press Release

FAC Names Suzanne Ito as Communications Director

[…] organizations. As the Strategic Communications Director at the ACLU of the District of Columbia, Ito worked closely with attorneys and policy staff on several First Amendment and open-government issues, including opposing harmful amendments to D.C.’s Freedom of Information Act before the D.C. Council and lawsuits over police treatment of protesters and a government agency’s […]

December 9, 2022
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CPRA Newsgathering School Records

State university won’t disclose student cafeteria workers’ pay

[…] position but not for a specific person or the payroll over a specific period of time. Given your request, I am seeking this rate of pay for the position of COHO student manager." Is this true? It's really not public record? I can't find out how much our Chancellor, for example, was paid last summer?

June 14, 2014