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    Newsgathering

    Coalition Calls on DA to Decline Charges Against Stanford Student Journalist

    Today the First Amendment Coalition and the Student Press Law Center, along with 24 other organizations dedicated to free speech and freedom of the press, called on the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office to decline charges against a student journalist who was arrested while covering a demonstration at Stanford University. Dilan Gohill, a first-year […]

    June 20, 2024

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    Newsgathering Public Meetings

    Purported Shasta County Media Policy Threatens Press Freedom, FAC Writes

    […] County Board of Supervisors opposing its purported "media policies and procedures" described in a press release issued on July 29. At best, these policies create confusion, and at worst, they run counter to the Ralph M. Brown Act and First Amendment and threaten the ability of journalists to exercise editorial independence in covering government meetings.

    July 30, 2024

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    Brown Act

    Is a city’s Building Board of Appeals a standing committee?

    […] Board of Appeals. Every city is required to have a Building Board of Appeals (BBA) pursuant to the California Building Code. Members of the BBA are appointed by City Council. The BBA only meets when someone files an appeal of a City-approved demolition or building permit. As a result, the BBA can’t anticipate meetings […]

    August 14, 2013

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    CPRA Police Records

    Obtaining names of individuals involved in an incident

    A County Sheriff's Department has put a number of detention deputies on paid administrative leave after an altercation with an inmate, resulting in the inmate’s death. Is it possible to obtain the names of the detention deputies involved?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA FOIA Police Records

    Obtaining concluded investigative reports

    Can an individual obtain through the freedom of Information Act a law enforcement investigation report that has already been concluded? December 8th, 2004 through December 26th, 2004. It was a shooting accident among law enforcement personnel at a shooting range in Northern California.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Accessing public payrolls

    I recently filed a public records request for teacher payroll information with the Los Angeles Unified School District. My request was denied on the grounds that it represented an unreasonable invasion of privacy. It's my understanding that public employee payroll documents should not be exempt through the "privacy" clause. A fellow student working with […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    What is a Draft? How does that affect Public Records Requests?

    An agenda report references a third party report. An excerpt from the agenda report: "The city engaged the services of Company to provide a cost benefit analysis of the proposed annexation. The preliminary results show that at project build out...a positive impact... of $1 million annually. This financial analysis will be refined throughout the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Video Tapes, Free Speech, and the Brown Act

    […] Business. In our past election cycle during the 2-minute Non-Agenda Item Orals a video tape of a candidate was played. Video tapes are allowed to be used by speakers. The City Council is now considering banning any video ad for a City Council Candidate during a Council Meeting during Oral communications. Is this an […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Time Frame to Respond to Record Requests

    […] reply that 1) said they received my request 2) stated my original request in italics and 3) said "It is our intent to respond to your request to the extent required by law." And nothing more.  That letter was post-marked on the 11th and I have not received any follow-up information. What should I do?

    June 14, 2009