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    CPRA

    Required to pay research fee for building permit search

    […] 25 cents per page, but I guess copying fee of that amount is borderline legitimate. They have been charging this since at least 1995. I personally know at least 25 people who paid that fee over the years. I wonder if class action would be an appropriate and feasible remedy in this case. Please advise.

    March 5, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment Newsgathering

    Press Credential renewal denied by CCAC

    […] (CCAC) was denied. Their reasoning was this: one of my publishers also has a political consulting business – the CCAC board believes payments to him violate CCAC bylaws. I am in no way affiliated with the political consulting business, however they are leveraging this connection to inhibit my journalistic access. Is there a First […]

    April 13, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Does the Brown Act Offer Recourse for Activists Barred from City Council Meeting?

    […] city commissions. When we attend city council meetings they can get raucous. At a June meeting, our group and those activists supporting illegal immigration were sequestered in the city hall lobby and told that we would only be allowed admittance after the ceremonial presentations. After those presentations were done, they only let a handful […]

    February 12, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Decision Reached By County Supervisors Without A Public Meeting

    […] group of community members drafted a petition to place on Change.org, requesting an audit of a county department.  After receiving several thousand signatures, the results, broken out by supervisorial district, were sent to each county supervisor. One supervisor replied that these matters have been addressed. "Therefore, neither I nor my colleagues on the Board […]

    February 21, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Proposals and Public Records, Limiting Public Comment

    I attend Board meetings of a California Municipal Water District which takes the viewpoint that the Brown Act requirements are met by offering individuals from the public up to 3 minutes at the start of a meeting to comment upon any matter on the agenda. Their agendas meet the minimum requirements by stating the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police Records and Investigation Files

    I submitted a CPRA request to the Police Department. Both times they ignored the written request. The first time, I was told by a representative orally that the requested records (which are public documents including departmental policies) could not be turned over until the department's investigation into an officer involved shooting was completed (which […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Non-Response to Requests

    […] California Department of Corrections trying to obtain information related to my position there.  It was an information act using the form letter making a state (not federal) request.  The request was sent by certified mail and they did not respond.  What should I do now?  Thank you in advance for your attention to my concerns.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Newsracks and Shopping Centers

    […] that they need to have a policy that clearly states what they allow. Currently I have a problem with a shopping center who without notice removed all the free newspaper racks from their shopping center saying they had no contract allowing us to distribute there. They continue to allow the paid circulation newspapers but […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Naturalization records

    Are California naturalization certificates (mainly pre-1906) available to the public to see and copy? Sonoma and Santa Barbara counties only let the public see index cards containing names and dates.

    June 14, 2009