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    Brown Act

    What are the rules rescheduling a regular board meeting?

    […] body, the time and place for holding regular meetings."Gov't Code ยง 54954. Changing the time or place for holding regular meetings would seem to require adopting a new ordinance, resolution, bylaw, or "whatever other rule is required for the conduct of business by that body." As this language indicates, the Brown Act itself does […]

    July 29, 2011

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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

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Prop 8 Supreme Court hearing is best evidence yet for allowing cameras into the courtroom

    […] in the context of a continuum of legal precedent. While they may have expected to see a partisan foodfight, instead they saw thoughtful and well-informed judges asking questions of the lawyers to test the applicability of general legal principles to the specific facts of this case. It is an exercise that, among other things, […]

    June 3, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing Termination of Employment Records

    1) My former employer violated my privacy by releasing reasons why I was terminated to the public which was different from the reason that he has given me in writing. 2) I recently asked for copies of my emails pursuant to public records act and the City denied me them. .

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Fire Department Mishandled Response to CPRA Request

    I submitted a Public Records Act request to the metro Fire Department on an employee misconduct and abuse of power case which was captured on video. It was submitted on Oct 17, 2017. The department did not respond by Oct 27 as dictated by the 6253(c). On Nov 6, 2017. I contacted the department […]

    January 26, 2018

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    Court Rules Santa Clara County Must Disclose Parcel Map Database to California First Amendment Coalition

    […] control over records that are created with tax dollars," said Peter Scheer, CFAC executive director. "While we encourage agencies to create databases and adapt public records to new technologies, the resulting applications cannot be run as monopoly businesses," Scheer said. "Affordable access to the GIS basemap means that the media and ordinary citizens will […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    FAC Sues DOJ Over Trump Administration’s Secret Collection of Journalist’s Records

    […] today sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to force the department to disclose records relating to the governmentโ€™s seizure of confidential telephone and email records from New York Times reporter Ali Watkins. The suit, filed today in federal court in San Francisco under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), seeks memos, emails or […]

    September 19, 2018

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    Brown Act

    The Brown Act and Charter Schools

    […] non-profit corporation. The board of directors is self-selecting, self-electing. Each time a person was elected to the board, either as an interim officer (Treasurer) or as a new board member, the process was listed under Action Items on the Agenda. The word "election" has never been used. The Action Item that resulted in a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Denied Access to City Attorney Fees in Police Officer Assault Case

    […] he was paying his own defense or if the city was footing the bill. Their response was that 1) My request was in reference to pending litigation and therefore the city would not respond, and 2) attorney invoices, including general information, is subject to attorney-client privilege. So they will not answer me regardless. This […]

    May 9, 2019

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    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    Parents not invited to meeting that resulted in removing their autistic student from public school

    […] my autistic son from a public school. They submitted this petition to a Board of Education member. There were a series of email exchanges between the parents and Board member. At the parents' email requests, the Board Member arranged a meeting with himself, the Superintendent, and a large group of parents in a forum […]

    May 16, 2012