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FAC Again Prevails in Unsealing Search Warrants Executed on SF Journalist Bryan Carmody

[…] ruling Friday, Superior Court Judge Gail Dekreon said police did not inform her Carmody is a journalist when she authorized a search of his home; the forthcoming records should further explain what police did — and did not — tell other judges when applying for warrants. The rulings were in response toa motionbrought by […]
- Press Freedom
August 5, 2019
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CPRA

Private attorney costs to public agencies and attorney-client privilege

[…] appears to have been a violation of the Public Record Act to not disclose the amount of the retainer agreement. See Cal. Government Code section 54957.5(a) ( records provided to a Board of Supervisors or other legislative body in preparation for a public meeting are public records that must be available to the public […]

June 14, 2009
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FAC & Reporters Committee file briefs in Apple v. Samsung secrecy appeal

[…] a secrecy ruling in the Apple v. Samsung patent infringement litigation. FAC is participating to defend the trial judge's ruling directing the unsealing of certain confidential financial records filed under seal by both Apple and Samsung. Also filed Monday: a media amicus brief prepared by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 17, 2012
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FAC Opposes Legislation That Would Harm Your Right to Know

Act now to ensure a state agency can’t shield police misconduct records Just two years ago, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a landmark police accountability law, SB 2, that gave the state the ability to strip abusive officers of their badges. Now the Newsom administration wants to cancel the transparency part of that law, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
June 21, 2023
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CPRA

Pending Workman compensation claims

[…] Poway Unified School District v. Superior Court, 62 Cal. App. 4th 1496 (1998) (tort claim submitted to school district was a public record under the California Public Records Act and had to be disclosed even while claim was still "open," or pending). Conceivably, this might also apply if the claim involved a private employer […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Can a private company profit by selling public information

There is no restriction on a private entity that obtains public records from charging someone for copies of those records. The Public Records Act's prohibition on charging for copies, beyond the direct costs of duplication, applies only to governmental agencies. Those who want records are able to get them for the costs of duplication […]

December 21, 2011
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Brown Act

Brown Act and Homeowners Associations

June 14, 2009
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Are Myths Killing the Newspaper Business?

[…] of Newspaper Editors. It took ASNE more than 10 years and lots of money to get that law. There is not a single state open meeting or records law anywhere in the country that was not shepherded through the statehouse by the media — usually local newspapers. Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart in 1976. […]

February 24, 2010
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First Amendment

In Texas, town hall meeting nixed videotaping

August 1, 2011
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Veteran First Amendment Lawyer Glen A. Smith Named FAC’s First Legal Fellow

[…] Legal Fellow. Smith comes to FAC with a deep and widely varied background in media litigation, including substantial experience advocating for public and press access to government records, defending journalists against subpoenas, and litigation and advice relating to defamation and privacy law. From 1988-1993, Smith served as Director of Litigation for the Los Angeles […]

July 17, 2018