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    CPRA

    Can I appeal a records request denial from State Medical Board?

    I made a request to the California Medical Board for licensing application information. The Medical Board denied my request and offered no avenues for appeal. By my reading of relevant case law, and admittedly I am not a lawyer, this information is clearly not exempt from the Public Records Act. Are there avenues for […]

    August 22, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    FOIA request California State Parks internal investigation

    […] the public and must be disclosed unless a specific provision of the Act or other law exempts them from disclosure.  If the agency is claiming a particular  exemption, it must not only cite the particular exemption, but how it applies to the requested records.  It is hard to imagine how the personnel exemption applies […]

    June 1, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Newsgathering

    Should complaints against belligerent councilman be public?

    I am a reporter trying to access public records  for two investigations regarding incidents involving a City Councilman— one at a city-owned clubhouse and the other at a local transit agency. Both of my public records requests have been rejected because officials say it is a personnel matter. In the transit agency’s rejection letter, […]

    August 19, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    The mayor refused to let me make a public comment without identifying myself

    Before filing a Brown Act violation against the mayor for denying me the opportunity to speakon an item before the city council because I refused to identify myself before making a public comment.  I would like to get an opinion from your organization on my complaint and the city's response.

    August 26, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    My PRA request denied, but Buzzfeed published documents on similar case

    […] a subdivision of the California Department of Consumer Affairs. I was under the impression that some information was public. It seemed like a broad extension of the exemption. This is how they replied:"I just now reviewed the correspondence in this email chain that you have already had with the Board of Pharmacy. The person  who fulfills […]

    September 2, 2016

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    FOIA Police Records

    Accessing Information from ICE

    […] people have been arrested; who has been arrested; where they have been taken, etc. I've heard that ICE has invoked the federal Privacy Act as a reason for withholding even basic information. My question is: What are the rights of journalists, under FOIA or other authority, to demand this information? What advice can we […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Free Speech & Open Government Award

    Every year FAC recognizes outstanding accomplishment, service, or other contributions to the advancement of free expression or the people’s right to know about their government. The nomination period for the 2026 awards will begin in Fall 2026.

    July 3, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I access emails of city employees using personal emails for city business?

    […] employees have written emails stating that the system is not working properly. In response, the city attorney exempted an unspecified number of emails citing a ’deliberative process’ exemption in CCC 6252(d), 6254(a) and (k) and 6255. He cited cases including Rogers v. Superior Court 19 Cal. App. 4th 469 (1993). I’m contacting you to […]

    November 17, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police claims officer ‘use of force’ reports personnel not public issue

    We are a police monitoring and accountability organization. For awhile we have been concerned about police use of force; where it is occurring and under what circumstances, and which officers are involved. We have twice asked for this information from the Police Department. Once, for several years worth of reports, which were denied to […]

    July 8, 2011