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FAC Succeeds in Unsealing Search Warrant Executed on SF Journalist Bryan Carmody

[…] result of a motion filed by the First Amendment Coalition along with two press-advocacy groups, requires the San Francisco Police Department to release, by Tuesday, their application for a search warrant used to secretly collect information from Carmody’s phone. The search warrant application will show what if anything police told Judge Rochelle East about […]

July 19, 2019
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Public Citizen and CFAC seek to overturn court orders shuttering wikileaks.org

[…] by (among others), the Los Angeles Times, Hearst Corporation (publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle), Gannett Co., Inc., the Associated Press, E.W. Scripps Co., the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Citizen Media Law Project. Many of the documents posted on Wikileaks are aimed at exposing unethical behavior in governments and corporations […]
- Free Expression
June 3, 2009
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CPRA School Records

CPRA and student records

[…] the Ca. Public Records Act?If so, can I waive my right to privacy or is that exempted under FERPA so that I can make a Ca. Public Records request for these records?Would charges against a student (non-law enforcement purpose, disciplinary action) qualify under the Information Practices Act if exempted from the California Public Records Act?

June 14, 2009
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Cases Press Release

FAC Seeks to Unseal Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Embattled Former State Senator

[…] that leaves citizens in the dark about a matter of important public concern. The records currently hidden from public view would show the factual and legal basis for Governor Brown’s effort to essentially erase the conviction of a public figure. They would also shed light on an otherwise opaque process—of particular interest for this […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 20, 2018
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Police Records

Can A Request for A Code Enforcement Complaint Be Denied?

[…] an elderly woman who owns a house that is in disrepair. Code enforcement has been after her to clean it up. I called code enforcement to ask for a copy of the complaint and was told to submit a public records request, which I did. They rejected the request because it's an open case. […]

January 26, 2018
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Court Records

Accessing Juvenile Court Records

Rule of Court 8.400, which applies to appeals in both dependency and delinquency proceedings under the Welfare and Institutions Code, provides for the confidentiality of the record on appeal and documents filed by the parties. Under subsection (b)(1) of that rule, such documents "may be inspected only by the reviewing court and appellate project […]

June 14, 2009
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US Supreme Court ‘government speech’ rulings should curb government misuse of anti-SLAPP laws

[…] plate program, which allows individuals and organizations to request an image or slogan on their license plates. A nonprofit group, availing itself of the program, sought approval for a plate with a Confederate Battle flag. Texas said no, explaining the plate would be viewed as "offensive." The nonprofit sued, arguing the denial of its […]
- Free Expression
December 22, 2015
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Leading gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown need to show voters, by their own actions, that they are committed to transparency in government. Promises won’t cut it.

[…] are closed off for only 12 years). Brown's pledge of government transparency can't be taken seriously as long as he continues to invoke the Public Records Act's exemption for his gubernatorial records--records which were public while he was governor, which were paid for by taxpayers, and which are now more than 27 years old. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 9, 2010
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CPRA

CPRA request for state agency’s contracts granted, but price-tag redacted

I'm a journalist researching the CA Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board’s relationship with a particular company that supplies one type of specialized medical insurance for the state. I recently sent the Insurance Board a public records request for various documents, including a request for the state's contract with the firm. I was sent the […]

March 25, 2013
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CPRA

Are CPRA requests public?

Are Public Records Act requests themselves exempt from the Public Records Act? Specifically, are PRA logs or other materials used to document PRA requests exempt or available for public review?

June 14, 2009