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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Electronic Filing of Campaign Disclosure Data

    […] available to members of the public who contact the city clerk’s office directly to request paper copies or e-mailed copies. Given that campaign finance data is an official public record, is it legal for the city to require members of the public to jump through extra hoops in order to obtain the full unredacted data?

    June 14, 2009

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC files suit for logs showing who visited LA’s County Assessor in jail

    […] denial of the record requests cited concerns about the privacy rights of both Noguez and his visitors. FAC’s record request and writ petition argue that the CPRA’s exemption for privacy-related matters doesn’t apply to a visit to a county jail. "A visit to a public jail under the scrutiny of law enforcement personnel is […]

    March 1, 2013

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    Blog Cases

    FAC sues Novato to compel release of secret emails

    FAC has filed a lawsuit against Novato, CA to force the city to make public emails about a controversial sports complex proposed for the Hamilton Fields neighborhood. The suit, filed July 12 in Marin County Superior Court (court documents posted below), contends that the emails relate to a public issue of importance to the local community, and that the city has […]

    July 13, 2016

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    CPRA

    Can I see the city’s settlement agreement with police officers?

    […] (and, again, this may be unlikely, as it should generally be possible to draft a settlement agreement without including material so sensitive that it qualifies for an exemption from disclosure under the PRA), please note that the city should still disclose the rest of the agreement with the exempt material redacted. Govt. Code 6253(a) […]

    April 14, 2010

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    CPRA

    Using Public Records Act to find a school executives’ salaries

    […] the other schools, I cannot obtain hard information. The school administrations simply ignore my emails. I can usually get access to salary schedules, which are a framework for determining compensation, but it's not a hard number,"this person made this much in this year." What's the best way to obtain information on how much a […]

    July 19, 2012

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    CPRA

    E-Filing of Campaign Finance Data,0

    […] available to members of the public who contact the city clerk’s office directly to request paper copies or e-mailed copies. Given that campaign finance data is an official public record, is it legal for the city to require members of the public to jump through extra hoops in order to obtain the full unredacted data?

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC Sues CA Attorney General to Force Disclosure of Police Misconduct Files

    The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) filed suit today against California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for failing to comply with the state’s new, landmark police transparency law. The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, seeks the release of records regarding serious police misconduct — records that all state and local agencies are now required […]

    February 14, 2019

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    How Can I Request All Audio and Video of My Arrest?

    I was arrested for DUI three months ago. Since then the DMV has dropped the case against me because I had 0.00 BAC.The officer believed me to be under the influence. I adamantly denied his accusations but none the less he arrested me. Now the probable cause is what concerns me. I am being […]

    August 8, 2020

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    CPRA

    UC student grades and the CPRA

    […] of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record."There is no express exemption in the PRA for records constituting student grades but under the provisions of Section 6254(c) and 6255, the University of California may decline to provide access […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Trade secrets in public records

    […] documents requested would be ready for review this Friday May 25. My questions are as follows: (1) Does the failure in the City's response to claim any exemption, give rise to a waiver of any objection to production?  I can't seem to find anything on this specific point. Until what point do they have […]

    June 14, 2009