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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How does one deal with CPRA Request Response Denying the Records As ‘Privileged’?

    […] and do not have to be disclosed. Evidence Code §§ 954-955. However, not everything that passes an attorney’s desk is covered by this privilege. Rather, "n order for a communication to be privileged, it must be made for the purpose of the legal consultation, rather than some unrelated or ancillary purpose." Los Angeles Cty. […]

    May 13, 2019

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    Brown Act

    School Board Meetings without Notice

    […] meeting, investigation conducted by a factfinder or arbitrator. (d) An Executive session of the public school employer or between the public school employer and its designated representative for the purpose of discussing its position regarding any matter within the scope of representation and instructing its designated representatives. To The extent the meetings you describe […]

    March 18, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    CPRA Request being stonewalled by their attorney

    […] district with the governing board elected by the populace. It is a 5 member board. There are no term limits and several board members have run unopposed for many years. This Board is supposed to provide oversight over the actions of the Fire Chief. Recently members of the community have become aware of what […]

    June 12, 2013

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    Brown Act CPRA

    City-Funded Committees with Non-Public Official Member

    […] information you're seeking.  Under the PRA, records maintained or owned by public agencies are presumed to be open to public inspection unless one of the Act's specific exemptions applies.  Since it sounds like your oral and email discussions with the city are going nowhere, you might want to send a formal letter request, asking […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    The author of requested emails assigned to fulfill PRA request

    I requested information regarding communications of someone who works directly for our County and also is on our City Council. The County Administrator gave her the PRA request and is allowing her to fulfill it herself. Is this legal? I requested emails to a certain person from her.

    August 5, 2011

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    FAC News Press Release

    ProPublica Staffers Win 2018 FAC Award for “Trump Town” Investigative Series

    The First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipient of its 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award is the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica, selected for its extensive use of public records to increase transparency around political appointees at the highest levels of government. This year’s award goes to ProPublica staffers Derek Kravitz, Al […]

    November 28, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Council Meetings On Zoom Have Increased Brown Act Violations During The Public Comment Period

    […] Brown Act violations due to the way the council has been conducting the meetings. The hot topic has been the current proposed city budget which they've had for the past three months and finally released to the community three weeks before the supposed deadline. Now that they've been using Zoom for the meetings, the […]

    April 21, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act School Records

    State Agency I worked for is denying my records’ request, but documents do exist!

    I used to work for the State of California. I lost my job and I am trying to get information on a program administered by my employer. This program is funded by the Federal government. I am being met with resistance because the Public Request officer is simply forwarding my request to my former […]

    September 13, 2013

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    Brown Act

    Cure and correct Brown Act violations

    […] city and county planners that these are 'staff meetings' and that the public is not allowed access. The planners did hold one public workshop with ballots ( for weighting the criteria) but said that our ballots would be counted only if we signed them. What recourse do we have and can we insist that […]

    June 14, 2009