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  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Ok for court reporter to transcribe mayor’s speech at private-sector event?

    […] "content neutral" -- i.e., administered without regard for the content at issue (in this case, the memorialization of the mayor's comments) -- restrictions such as prohibiting any electronic recording devices may be permissible. The inquiry is fairly fact specific, so it is difficult to give you a concrete answer in the abstract. That said, perhaps […]

    September 14, 2016

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    Blog Cases

    Big victory in CA Supreme Court case on public access to government data

    In a major victory for open government and data access, the California Supreme Court yesterday ruled that Orange County cannot restrict access to its electronic mapping data--a so-called "basemap." The Court decided unanimously that the county basemap is a public record under the Public Records Act, which means that it must be made available […]

    July 10, 2013

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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    City gone wild with continual Brown Act and CPRA violations

    […] denials of the PRA requests are wrongful would, of course, depend on whether there was a legal justification for the city to refuse to make the requested records available. If not, the ultimate recourse would be litigation to enforce the PRA. It can sometimes be useful to remind an agency that a plaintiff who […]

    May 16, 2012

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    Government Transparency & Accountability

    Ensuring public access to information is essential for the people to know what the government is doing in their name. We advance and defend freedom of information — access to public records and public meetings — through education, policy advocacy and litigation.

    July 3, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    School district denies request for annual audit

    […] been awarded. Of course, once the contract is awarded, presumably the contract would be subject to disclosure under the Act.You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition web site at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First […]

    July 27, 2011

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    CPRA

    Should I be allowed to access a report in draft form?

    […] notes, or interagency or intra-agency memoranda that are not retained by the public agency in the ordinary course of business, if the public interest in withholding those records clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure." Govt. Code Section 6454(a). Although some government personnel mistakenly believe that any "draft" document is automatically subject to this […]

    March 29, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    District denies teacher access to defaming emails

    Under the Public Records Act (CPRA), a record prepared or maintained by a public agency is presumptively subject to disclosure, unless some exemption applies. Gov't Code § 6253(b). The Act does contain an exemption for "ersonnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." Gov't Code […]

    November 12, 2013

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    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Requests for crime reports denied by police department

    […] investigatory record, then it is indeed exempt under Government Code § 6254(f).  It sounds like you are requesting the detailed police crime reports, which probably are investigatory records that are exempt.  (You can read a more complete answer on this exemption on FAC’s website here.) That said, police are required to release a limited amount […]

    July 10, 2017

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC to Mentor Journalists for National Boot Camp

    […] announce it will participate in the National Freedom of Information Coalition’s FOI Bootcamp for Journalists of Color program, providing mentorship to three reporters as they pursue public records in California and beyond. This is FAC’s third year participating in the program, which connects journalists of color with open-government experts and resources in their state […]

    November 22, 2023