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  • Latest News

    Blog FAC News

    Tom Burke and Quentin Kopp join FAC Board

    Thomas Burke The First Amendment Coalition is delighted to announce the appointment of two new members of its Board of Directors: Thomas Burke, a prominent lawyer specializing in first amendment, intellectual property and media litigation; and Quentin Kopp, former Superior Court judge, State Senator and San Francisco Supervisor. Quentin Kopp Burke is a partner […]

    October 2, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    City Attorney says legal analysis is a CPRA exemption

    […] be made available upon request without delay," this requirement does not apply to records exempt from disclosure pursuant to Govt. Code section 6254. See Govt. Code section 54957.5. Note that there is no requirement that the documents pertain to a pending meeting, as long as they are in connection with matter that is subject […]

    June 10, 2013

  • Latest News

    Blog

    A California Perspective on AG Alberto Gonzales’ Problems

    […] the emails. Although the administration has invoked executive privilege to resist Congressional demands that executive branch officials testify in public and under oath about the US Attorney- dismissals, there has been no similar tug-of-war over the emails. Secretive as the federal government is in many areas, its deliberations are an open book compared to […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Lawsuits Among School Trustees

    […] a party; a decision to participate as an amicus curiae in a third-party case; and a decision to approve the settlement of pending litigation.  Govt. Code Section 54957.1. As for prohibited disclosure, the Brown Act provides that "a person may not disclose confidential information that has been acquired by being present in a closed […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA Newsgathering

    Accessing document constituting an agenda and agency audits

    […] the body, are disclosable public records under the California Public Records Act . . ., and shall be made available upon request without delay."  Govt. Code Section 54957.5. 2) There is no general rule with respect to access to public agency audits.  The default rule is therefore the one that applies to all public […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Handbooks

    California Public Records Act Primer

    […] then-Governor Deukmejian, and has since been applied in other contexts, including records of phone calls by city council members, and records regarding applications to the Government for appointment to fill vacancies on county boards of supervisors. According to the Supreme Court, "the key question in every case is whether disclosure of the materials would […]

    July 8, 2024