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A stunning end to the media’s 20-year losing streak in high court access cases.

Watershed CA Supreme Court decision is major win for government transparency By Peter Scheer America's highest courts are justly criticized for avoiding hard issues. The judicial fetish for deciding cases on the narrowest possible grounds yields opinions so limited and unambitious in scope that they often raise more questions, and generate more legal disputes, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 3, 2009
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FAC, ACLU Sue for Public Access to Kern County Superior Court

[…] provided video or audio feeds of court proceedings. In most cases in Kern County, however, even family members were turned away from courthouses and not given options for remote access. It’s not just a hardship, it’s also unconstitutional. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundations of Southern and Northern California, and the First Amendment […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 26, 2020
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CFAC, scholars sue CA State Bar for access to records on affirmative action

[…] today of a lawsuit against the State Bar of California to force it to disclose years of statistical records on bar exam results. The records are sought for an academic research project that will test the controversial theory that affirmative action policies at law schools harm the very minority students they are intended to […]
- Public Records
June 3, 2009
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Journalists Thomas Peele & Caroline Titus named 2016 FAC Award Winners

[…] stories that advance government transparency and "the people’s right to know." The winners are journalists Thomas Peele and Caroline Titus. The following is from the award citations for each: THOMAS PEELE is an investigative reporter, teacher and open government advocate who filed hundreds of public records requests this year to build a database of the 944 […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
November 29, 2016
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Obtaining police records

I am trying to find out what information regarding city police officers is public, specifically their resume, criminal record and formal complaints? Any information you can give me about investigating cops would be more than wonderful, thanks so much for your time!

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Powers that be ignored CPRA request. What should I do next?

[…] within 10 days of receipt of the request, and making copies of records available promptly thereafter. Gov’t Code § 6253(c). If the agency is claiming that an exemption applies to any of the records you are seeking, it must let you know what the exemption is, and exactly how it applies to those records. […]

May 11, 2015
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CPRA

How can I access records regarding college sports’ recruitment?

[…] the requested records are disclosable within 10 days of your request, and "promptly notify" you, in writing, if it will make the records available, or specifically state the exemption it is claiming and how it applies to the requested records. Gov't Code § 6253(c). The agency must also state the estimated date and time when […]

July 21, 2016
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CPRA

What does the CPRA say about an agency charging a $48 “clerical fee”?

[…] at filing public records act requests. I'm a little suspicious of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing charging a $48 "clerical fee"although their invoice does not list the amount of pages or mailing fee, implying the search has not yet been done. The request I made was for copies of complaints made against several businesses. Your thoughts?

September 15, 2015
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CPRA

Can I be charged $6000 for staff time needed to find and redact requested records?

My recent request for public records was granted. However, the agency wants to charge me about $6000 to supply the records because of the staff time it will supposedly take to compile them all from the various warehouses in which the paper records are stored. And they want to charge for the time spent reacting the forms. […]

March 2, 2016
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Brown Act

Does the Brown Act allow closed session negotiations for all public school contracts?

[…] or action – must first attempt to resolve the matter, short of litigation, though an elaborate settlement procedure set forth in Government Code section 54960.2. The deadlines for filing a cease and desist letter with the government entity, as well as the government’s obligations in responding to such a complaint, are set forth in […]

July 19, 2016