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  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC posts online confidential CalPERS’ docs ordered released by Court

    […] September 24 and the second on September 30. Follow the links below to view the documents. --All documents released Sept. 24 (approximately 1175 pages): Single File --All documents released Sept. 30. These are four files (approximately 115 pages each): File One File Two File Three File Four You can view the Court's decision here: http://bit.ly/bdqtjG

    September 28, 2010

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    CPRA

    Details of Preliminary Lawsuit Settlements

    […] Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board approved a settlement of a lawsuit by Clear Channel Outdoor regarding the removal of some billboards from MTA property to make way for a street improvement project.  On or about the same time, the MTA agreed to sell some surplus property to the City for a park project, on […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Denied My Request For An Incident Report

    If you made a Public Records Act request for the incident report, the police agency here should have cited a valid exemption that applies to the report that would justify its nondisclosure.  If the police have not cited any exemption, you might want to write back and press them to justify their withholding.  That […]

    January 4, 2020

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    Blog

    Op-ed: California Governor Should Commit to Transparency in Clemency Process

    […] in California are generally prohibited from doing — automatically filing records completely under seal? This is a mystery the First Amendment Coalition has been trying to unravel for more than two years, since our organizationlearned of a secretive docketat our state’s highest court. Records related to executive clemency submitted to the court were being […]

    July 7, 2021

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    Cases

    Amicus Briefs Digest, Sept. 2017

    […] an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to review and reverse a decision by the West Virginia Supreme Court imposing draconian penalties on a candidate for judicial office for statements he made during a political campaign. The Philadelphia firm of Schnader Harrison prepared FAC’s amicus brief, which is in support of Callaghan’s […]

    September 27, 2017

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    CPRA

    Access to RFO Bids

    Under the CA Public Records Act, do we as responders to a RFO for Information Technology Consulting Services for State of California contracts, have any rights to be able to review the bids received (after notice of contract award) to find out how we scored in comparison and how we could write better responses?  […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Cases

    Hernandez v. Monterey County

    […] with the settlement has resulted "a death rate at the Jail more than twice the national average and a suicide rate more than three times the average for California jails…. The resulting deficiencies in medical, mental health, and dental care cause daily pain and suffering, including serious medical and dental complications, untreated chronic illnesses, […]

    July 22, 2023

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    Brown Act FOIA

    Are the Board of Directors of our Apartment Complex subject to the Brown Act?

    […] § 6253.  You might also want to remind the district that if the written request is denied, it is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek, Gov't code § 6255, and that if you are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing police documents

    I would like to know if the following document is covered under the California Public Records Act.  The chief of police for the my local police department maintains a form, which list in a chart format, on a monthly basis, the number of citations issued, arrests made, etc. for the department.  This form is […]

    June 14, 2009