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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to rezoning information

    […] here in decided that they want to rezone school boundaries. The district went ahead and formed a committee to make boundary recommendations. The committee members were chosen by invitation only, without any notice to the public at large. We (myself, and other members of the community) recently learnt that all this has happened, and […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    State appointed School District Trustee violating Brown Act, CPRA

    […] School Board applications citing California First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court (1998). I have encountered a complicating factor in deciding what do in that I was told by one lawyer that the State Trustee acting as the School Board is not subject to the Brown Act because he is an individual and the Brown […]

    May 18, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Legal Action Against a Board Member in Closed Session

    Is it legal for the superintendent and board president to put under closed session anticipating legal action regarding a board member without notifying that board member of the reasons, etc.?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How Do I Access Decades-Old 911 Audios?

    […] manner in which the record has been stored." Gov’t Code § 6252(g). As such, you may request virtually any form of media in the possession of a government agency, including audio recordings. A good first step to obtaining the 911 records you seek is to make a written request. You can find a sample […]

    September 24, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Request For Public Employee W2 Forms Fulfilled, But Heavily Redacted. Are The Redactions Legal?

    I submitted a CPRA request for W2's for a group of public school employees. When I received the W2 forms, I expected the individual's Social Security Number and address to be redacted, but the school also redacted the information for the federal income tax withheld, social security tax withheld, medicare tax withheld, "other" withholdings/contributions […]

    April 26, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    County Ignores My Requests For Public Records

    […] the county advised I should resend it to him. I had attempted to deliver a copy of the CPRA request on in March, but it was rejected by being told I had to go through the Board of Supervisors first. That is a Catch-22. Also, what information I do get is inadequate and incomplete. […]

    August 7, 2020

  • Pages

    Explainer

    […] produced to a requesting party." Motorola Communication & Electronics, Inc. v. Department of General Services, 55 Cal. App. 4th 1340, 1349 (1997). An exception applies for records covered by SB 1421 & SB 16, relating to certain uses of force or misconduct by law enforcement officers. Except for certain delays authorized during pending investigations […]

    September 5, 2025

  • Cases

    Court Access Public Records

    Doe v. Mill Valley School District

    FAC is representing Holly McDede, a freelance reporter, in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the release of documents covered by the California Public Records Act ("CPRA"), also known as a "reverse-CPRA" case. McDede covers sexual misconduct in schools, and has previously written about other school employees’ misconduct. CLOSED

    October 31, 2024

  • Latest News

    Blog

    The dark side of ‘sunshining’ government data online

    […] sets becoming available, and entrepreneurs building thousands of innovative applications. Then the ill-considered race to slash the Federal deficit started. The Obama Administration agreed to cut e- government initiative funding from $35 million to $8 million. Never mind that Kundra’s programs had already saved taxpayers $3 billion over the past two years. But were […]

    June 29, 2011