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I got a question about legal right (protected by First Amendment or any other Constitutional law) for our reporter here…
I would like to know how I sue a newspaper for defamation. Or if not the newspaper, then the editor?
I am working on a story about a consultant’s work for a California County. I was told recently that the…
I’d like to obtain an incident report from the police department and they have denied the request. What can I…
In California, ambulance providers can use a Federal program administer through the DHS (Dept. of Health Care Services) to receive…
We have a City Council unfamiliar it seems with the First Amendment. The most recent proposal is to order the…
I requested a copy of a contract, between my community and a towing company base in a neighboring city, but…
I am seeking public records from the Police Department. They routinely deny access to records claiming exemptions.
In 2017 police…
How does one deal with ‘Privileged’ designation in a Public Records Act request response?
I am trying to get the court disposition from a case in 1993 in Sacramento and a 2000 case in…