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FAC, Media Coalition Fight New Effort to Weaken CA Police Transparency Law

[…] purpose of the law, but would have a serious and detrimental effect on transparency broadly." Joining FAC in the effort are the Los Angeles Times, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the California News Publishers Association, the Bay Area News Group, and the Southern California News Group. A hearing is set on this issue for […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
January 19, 2019
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FAC sues San Diego PD for records on controversial cell phone surveillance technology

[…] "Stingray." The IMSI-catcher technology is controversial because its sophisticated surveillance capabilities, while useful in criminal investigations, can also be misused in ways that infringe citizens’ privacy rights. For example, a Stingray deployed at the site of a political demonstration can detect, not only the phone of a legitimate subject of a legal investigation, but […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 17, 2014
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FAC Succeeds in Unsealing Search Warrant Executed on SF Journalist Bryan Carmody

[…] result of a motion filed by the First Amendment Coalition along with two press-advocacy groups, requires the San Francisco Police Department to release, by Tuesday, their application for a search warrant used to secretly collect information from Carmody’s phone. The search warrant application will show what if anything police told Judge Rochelle East about […]

July 19, 2019
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FAC Seeks to Unseal Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Embattled Former State Senator

[…] that leaves citizens in the dark about a matter of important public concern. The records currently hidden from public view would show the factual and legal basis for Governor Brown’s effort to essentially erase the conviction of a public figure. They would also shed light on an otherwise opaque process—of particular interest for this […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 20, 2018
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Court Rules Santa Clara County Must Disclose Parcel Map Database to California First Amendment Coalition

[…] California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) Santa Clara County must make public--at minimal cost and without restrictions on use--its digital "basemap" showing parcel boundaries, the assessor’s parcel number for each parcel, parcel address, and other similar data for all properties in the county, a court has ruled. In a lawsuit filed by CFAC, the Superior […]

June 2, 2009
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California AG Xavier Becerra and the Thick Blue Wall of Police Secrecy

By DAVID SNYDER—California Attorney General Xavier Becerra appears to believe there are two sets of rules about government transparency—one for his office, and another for everyone else. Back in 2017, when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) refused to disclose public records about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s potential ethical conflicts, Becerra promptly sued under the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 6, 2019
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CPRA Police Records

Sheriff’s office denies access to 2004 arrest documents saying too much time has elapsed

[…] by. . . or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency. . . ."There is no temporal limitation on this exemption: it applies equally to ongoing and closed investigations. Williams v. Superior Court, 5 Cal. 4th 337 (1993). The information required to be extracted from such records […]

October 4, 2011
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CPRA School Records

CPRA and student records

[…] the Ca. Public Records Act?If so, can I waive my right to privacy or is that exempted under FERPA so that I can make a Ca. Public Records request for these records?Would charges against a student (non-law enforcement purpose, disciplinary action) qualify under the Information Practices Act if exempted from the California Public Records Act?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Are CPRA requests public?

Are Public Records Act requests themselves exempt from the Public Records Act? Specifically, are PRA logs or other materials used to document PRA requests exempt or available for public review?

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Accessing your child’s juvenile records

[…] may be inspected only be court personnel, the district attorney, the MINOR who is the subject of the proceeding, HIS OR HER PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, the attorneys for the parties ... and such other persons as may be designated by court order of the judge of the juvenile court upon filing of a petition […]

June 14, 2009