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CPRA

When government outsources program are documents public?

I have asked the city for a particular statistical report about their red light camera system. They have refused to provide the records, and have ignored my offer to pay (per GC 6253.9(b)). The requested report is one which a city can obtain by going to the website of their red light camera vendor, […]

October 10, 2011
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First Amendment Newsgathering

Press Credential renewal denied by CCAC

I am a journalist that covers Capitol politics. This year, my request for Capitol press credentials from the Capitol Correspondents Association of California (CCAC) was denied. Their reasoning was this: one of my publishers also has a political consulting business – the CCAC board believes payments to him violate CCAC bylaws. I am in […]

April 13, 2016
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Brown Act

Brown Act and statute of limitations

Does an action requesting purely equitable (injunctive) relief for a Brown Act violation have a statute of limitations?

June 14, 2009
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FOIA

Can TSA deny company public information under FOIA?

[…] requested meetings with TSA senior officials. Rejected like my high school social life. There's something very, very odd about this. We provide this work to the public for free. The data is public. I don't charge TSA. Many stakeholders have written TSA letters of support to keep supplying data, all of which fall on […]

August 11, 2014
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Brown Act

Public Commenting, The Brown Act, and Closed Session Items

[…] they go into closed session, but currently they are only scheduling such public comment on the prior day, and not before just the Division of Licensing, but before the entire Medical Board. May I correctly insist on their scheduling public comment on Friday instead of Thursday, or is their scheduling public comment for Thursday sufficient?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA FOIA

Preliminary Data from FEMA as Requested by the City

I have requested "preliminary" flood mapping data from FEMA for the city. The FEMA Consultant has responded that the data are preliminary, therefore, they are not required to release it to the public. However, the city is using the preliminary flood data to dictate development standards. The city requires developers to conduct their own flood […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Police and Fire Department Records

[…] it may concern. I am seeking assistance in obtaining a couple of reports from our City and the fire department. I had already walked in my request for public information and still have not received any written response. Today I visited in person the fire department and asked what the status of the info […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Planning Commissions, Confidential Complaints, and the CPRA

At a Planning Commission in our city an applicant applied for a variance regarding the height of a fence as a result of a complaint. Prior to the hearing a Planning Commissioner revealed that she was the complainant and was stepping down from the hearing. Another Planning Commissioner evidently found out who had made […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Planning a Closed Session to Allow Confidential Documents

For a lawsuit between two city board members and the city board, which is run as a corporation, the parties have reached an agreement to allow the board members to access documents in closed session so that it will be covered under the Brown Act. Can a government entity plan a session to […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Objecting to agenda item during meetings

[…] remedies. First, assuming the Board of Supervisors was in violation of the Brown Act, you may seek to void an action taken at such meeting. The requirements for taking such an action require you to seek to have the agency "cure and correct" the action taken at the improperly held meeting, and then bring […]

June 14, 2009