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    CPRA

    Can I Obtain A Copy of A Zoning Complaint Filed Against Me?

    […] a written request to the agency from which you are seeking records, as this will compel a written response.Written CPRA requests are fairly straightforward but typically ask for categories of records that include, but are not limited to, correspondence, emails, notes, memorandums, electronic records, etc. After the request is received, the agency will have […]

    August 11, 2020

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Sues City of El Monte for Withholding Police Records

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] San Rafael, Calif. – Today the First Amendment Coalition sued the City of El Monte for violating the California Public Records Act by refusing to release records related to the outside employment of El Monte police officers. FAC represents the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism (LACIJ), the […]

    January 29, 2026

  • Cases

    Newsgathering Public Records

    Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism v. City of El Monte

    FAC represents the Los Angeles Center for Investigative Journalism (LACIJ), a nonprofit newsroom that publishes Investigate LA, in a Public Records Act lawsuit to compel the City of El Monte to disclose records documenting outside employment of its police officers. To investigate outside employment of El Monte police officers, LACIJ asked El Monte to […]

    January 29, 2026

  • Cases

    Public Records

    Buen Vecino v. County of Ventura

    […] operation." The department denied the request, contending the footage was exempt from disclosure as a record of a law enforcement investigation. While broad, the CPRA’s investigatory records exemption does not cover records of everything that law enforcement officers do. The sheriff stated the officers were present to keep the peace, and he did not […]

    November 17, 2025

  • Cases

    Public Records

    First Amendment Coalition v. City of San Diego

    […] was arrested and taken to a hospital. No charges were filed against him. The incident was covered widely in San Diego media after Evans made a claim for damages to the city. According to media coverage, Evans’s claim, and a civil rights lawsuit he later filed, he suffered a broken right tibia, bruised ribs, […]

    June 26, 2025

  • Cases

    First Amendment Newsgathering

    Los Angeles Press Club v. City of Los Angeles

    […] reporting network Status Coup filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Jim McDonnell, in his official capacity, for violating journalists’ rights under the U.S. Constitution and state law. As FAC and a coalition of advocacy organizations noted in a June 11 letter, officers of […]

    June 18, 2025

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    Blog

    Facing FAC Lawsuit, California Department of Justice Released Records on Shooting Death of Savannah Graziano

    […] withholding under limited circumstances, none of which now exist in this case. Nonetheless, the Department denied Scott’s request because its investigation was ongoing. It cited the "catchall" exemption of the California Public Records Act, which sometimes allows an agency to withhold records if "on the facts of the particular case the public interest served […]

    March 31, 2025

  • Cases

    Public Records

    MSW Media, Inc. and First Amendment Coalition v. United States DOGE Service

    The First Amendment Coalition and MSW Media filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. DOGE Service for its failure to respond to FOIA requests seeking correspondence between Elon Musk and DOGE staff. Since President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, Musk and DOGE have sought to remake the federal government through layoffs […]

    March 28, 2025