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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Redaction of investigative report

    […] Brown Act that requires a government body such as the city council to meet for discussion regarding a particular topic. The Public Record Act governs which government records must be disclosed and which are exempt from disclosure.  Ordinarily, documents subject to the attorney-client privilege are exempt from public disclosure.  Cal. Ev. Code § 954.  The […]

    August 12, 2014

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    Court Records

    Guardian access to juvenile case files

    […] the state and all 4 are separated. One child is now a legal adult. The mother does not know how to get all the paperwork and court records she had years back while the case was open. She needs the case number and the reports in juvenile records. How does she acquire these court […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Seeking Information On Probation Compliance Of Parolee Who Committed Murder

    […] and whether the office had had any contacts with him between his release from jail and the murder-suicide. He said that under California Penal Code 1203.7, probation records are property of the court so he wasn't sure what he could disclose. I said I wasn't requesting the records themselves, just information about probation's contacts […]

    December 11, 2018

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    CPRA

    Does Brown Act apply to nonprofit and government agency overlap?

    The Public Records Act, borrowing the definition from the Brown Act, applies only to nonprofit organizations that either: Were created by an official act of a legislative body or Shares a member with an agency's governing body and receives funds from that same agency. See Govt. Code sections 6252(b) and 54952(c), (d). There is […]

    May 30, 2013

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    Brown Act

    What recourse do individuals with disabilities have to access land use proposals during COVID-19?

    […] orders N-25-20 and N-29-20, which temporarily suspended any provision of state or local law preventing a local legislative body from holding public meetings by telephone or other electronic means. Order N-29-20 further requires local legislative bodies holding meetings electronically to "implement a procedure for receiving and swiftly resolving requests for reasonable modification or accommodation […]

    July 24, 2020

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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

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    2007 CFAC Free Speech & Open Government Assembly

    […] for Communication, October 25 & 26. Beacon awards are given to individuals or organizations in California for their exemplary work in fighting to keep government meetings or records open to the public, and for supporting the First Amendment’s fundamental free speech and free press rights. Generally, the awards will be given for achievement in […]

    June 3, 2009