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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Suit Against CalPERS Seeks Records on Controversial E Palo Alto Real Estate Investment

    FAC---Monday July 19---The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today announced that it has sued CalPERS, the retirement system for California government workers, over access to records about the agency’s ill-fated investment in an East Palo Alto residential real estate development that has gone bust--at a loss to CalPERS of all of its $100 million stake […]

    July 20, 2010

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    CPRA

    Are blueprints of public buildings public under the CPRA?

    […] I must have a letter from the entity that drew the plans and the owner of the building in order to do anything other than view them live. According to everything I have read, I have the right to take pictures or request copies ( for a fee, of course) without that letter. Can you help?

    May 20, 2015

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Community College Senate, Listservs, and Public Record

    […] faculty have the right to privacy in these issues? There is a "listserv" among the faculty that was started a few years ago to be a forum for open communication between professional colleagues relating to academic and pedagogical issues surrounding the faculty. Currently, around 80 faculty out of the 400 employed are subscribed to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Press Release

    Advocates, Press Seek Access to Court Records in FCI Dublin Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

    […] the prison has closed. Unless there is a compelling reason to maintain secrecy, the court should make the previously sealed documents available to the public immediately. " For decades, FCI Dublin officers hid the prison’s toxic culture from outside authorities and used threats and retaliation to silence the women they sexually abused," said Angelica […]

    June 12, 2024

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    CPRA

    Accessing public payrolls

    I recently filed a public records request for teacher payroll information with the Los Angeles Unified School District. My request was denied on the grounds that it represented an unreasonable invasion of privacy. It's my understanding that public employee payroll documents should not be exempt through the "privacy" clause. A fellow student working with […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    How Long Do Agencies Have to Keep Records?

    […] See 64 Op. Atty Gen. Cal. 317 (1981) ("Nothing in the Public Records Act purports to govern destruction of records ... Its sole function is to provide for disclosure.").  Instead, an agency's obligation to retain records are addressed by a variety of record retention laws. For example, Section 34090 of the Government Code provides […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Does Brown Act Allow Adding Agenda Items Less Than 72-Hours Before A Meeting?

    A California City Council originally released an agenda for its regular meeting without a closed session. Each agenda usually has a closed session heading listed at the end of the meeting — but the council doesn't meet in closed session; it's like a placeholder. On its action calendar, the council was scheduled to discuss […]

    May 19, 2020

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    Cases Press Release

    Key settlement in FAC case breaks new ground in public access to officials’ emails

    […] a landmark settlement in a case involving public access to government email messages. The agreement with the city of Auburn, California requires the city to save emails for at least two years–replacing a prior policy of deleting most emails after 30 days. The agreement, approved by the city today, also assures public access to […]

    July 25, 2012

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    CPRA FOIA Police Records

    Online arrest records no longer show violations

    […] agencies may argue that sections 6254(f)(1) and (2) only require them to provide arrestee and incident information on a daily basis, as opposed to responding to requests for specific arrestee information. However, in amending the Public Records Act in 1982 to include the requirement that arrestee information be released, as well as incident reports, […]

    November 17, 2009