Write a review of FAC to help us keep our Top Rated Nonprofit status!

Search Results

Clear Results
Category
Topic
Select Year

Showing 551 - 560 of 1082 results

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Closed Sessions under the Brown Act

    The Situation: the Board of Education for a local district meets in closed session without any prior notification to the public. It makes a personnel decision during that closed session and announces it to the public. Question: Is the unannounced closed session meeting in accordance with Brown Act or any other law?  If not, […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Improper Noticing of Serial and Special Meetings In Violation of the Brown Act

    […] the Act. Cal. Gov. Code § 54960;McKee v. Orange Unified School District, 110 Cal. App. 4th 1310 (2003). Cal. Gov. Code § 54960.1 sets forth the procedure for nullification of a legislative action taken in violation of the Brown Act. Unfortunately, § 54960.1 provides tight timing requirements on filing such an action, including the […]

    March 11, 2020

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Honors Open Vallejo, Kaiser Health News, and The Maine Monitor with Annual Award

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2023 Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org SAN RAFAEL – The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 Free Speech and Open Government Award: three journalists who strategically used public records to expose government misconduct and failures of accountability. Some of this work resulted in significant government […]

    February 27, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    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

    CPRA

    Golden Gate Bridge suicide records

    I recently made a request to the Golden Gate Bridge and Transportation District for copies of all incident reports from 2006 regarding suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge, attempted suicides, and interrupted suicides.  I had made a similar request for the records from 2004 a few years ago and was provided with the documents […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    My Request for City Contract with Towing Company Was Never Answered

    […] Records Act to timely respond to PRA requests. If the agency is claiming that certain records are exempt under the Act, it is required to cite the exemption and explain how its applies to the records. Gov’t Code § 6253(c). You can read more about the Public Records Acthere. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP […]

    May 16, 2019

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Strategic question regarding a large PRA request

    My non-profit organization intends to request a large number of public records from the California Department of Health Care Services. At this point, our questions are strategic. For example: are we likely to make more progress with a reluctant government agency by a series of requests, none of which is, in itself, unduly burdensome? Or are […]

    September 6, 2016

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC Helps Defeat Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K in Attorneys Fees From Records Requester

    […] attempt to argue Ms. Brazil had done. FAC and the ACLU were joined in their amicus brief by Californians Aware, the California News Publishers Association, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Los Angeles Times and the McClatchy Company. Here's yesterday’s order And the briefing filed by FAC and the ACLU […]

    April 11, 2018