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  • Asked and Answered

    Police Records

    Want Info on 911 Call that Prompted Police to Swarm My House Where No Crime Occurred

    […] Florida’s public records act as I am with California’s, a quick review of the law indicates that police records are generally subject to public disclosure unless some exemption applies. Section 119.105 states that "Police records are public records except as otherwise made exempt or confidential." In responding to your request, it seems the agency […]

    December 4, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    FAC Sues Imperial County for Secret Federal Immigration Agency Contracts and Emails

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] San Rafael, Calif. – Representing journalist Joey Scott, the First Amendment Coalition sued Imperial County to compel disclosure of the county’s contracts and communications with the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In refusing Scott’s requests, the county invoked the Supremacy […]

    April 17, 2026

  • Latest News

    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