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FAC Moves to Unseal Records in BART Station Murder Case

[…] of matters dealing with copyright, patent, privacy and media law, among other areas. Clients include artists, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, journalists, nonprofits, policymakers, and scientists. Through this work, Clinic students gain important legal skills while examining the role of the public interest in intellectual property and technology law. For more information about the IPAT Clinic, visit https://ipat.law.uci.edu.

October 31, 2019
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First Amendment

Are law enforcement officers exempt from having their court proceedings made public?

My question is regarding Superior Court records. Are law enforcement officers exempt from having their information of court proceedings (non-criminal) available to the public?

September 15, 2016
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Advocacy Blog

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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Brown Act

Public comment limited to three items on Water Quality Board agenda

A draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit was submitted for comments. A final permit ignored most comments, but made three small changes. The first and only public hearing is coming up , but the agenda states that oral comments will be limited to the three changes. Thus, no important points can be […]

April 14, 2010
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Brown Act

Supervisors multi-tasking during public comment

[…] on a massive development project the several county supervisors walked around the room, talked on cell phones, or to each other or staff, worked on their computers and otherwise did not listen to any of the public testimony. This is particularly discouraging because this is a massive project with terrible impacts to our community. […]

December 21, 2011
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CPRA

FOIA request California State Parks internal investigation

Last summer the nonprofit on whose behalf I am writing alleged that California State Parks had misappropriated $45,000 of restricted grant money. In Oc tober, State Parks conducted an internal investigation that exonerated the agency. State Parks has refused to release the investigator's report, citing personnel issues. Can you advise us on how to […]

June 1, 2016
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CPRA

Costs soar for City Council meeting DVDs

I know that cities cannot charge for staff time when it comes to making photocopies in public records requests. Does this extend to DVDs as well? It appears we are being charged staff time, so DVDs now cost $18each. Previously I was able to get them free by bringing in a blank DVD disc, […]

September 5, 2011
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CPRA

Does the CPRA allow use of iPhone to photograph public records?

The County Recorders Office prohibits the use of hand scanners or digital cameras in its Public Documents room and requires researchers to purchase document copies from them. Is this restriction legal ?

January 9, 2013
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Brown Act

Cure and correct Brown Act violations

[…] access to meetings that we think should be open. The county board of supervisors passed a resolution to create a technical advisory committee (TAC) to manage a new large-scale commercial solid waste transfer station in this area. This committee is made up of staff members at the city and county level and they have […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment Social Media

Blocked and Bullied by City Council Member

[…] blocking me from seeing it, ridiculing me, threatening to sue me for libel because I questioned her about an article that was recently written in a local newspaper that she refuses to answer, and now has asked her friends to stop me from speaking anywhere and everywhere I am. I am being bullied. I […]

January 26, 2018