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Are Myths Killing the Newspaper Business?

[…] the only thing dumber than a newspaper buying a television station is the federal rule that bars it from happening. Eliminate the newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership rules. Yesterday. Antitrust exemptions to permit joint pricing of internet content. This may be a little too close to the DNA of the Newspaper Preservation Act, but given the monopoly […]

February 24, 2010
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FAC Suit Against San Diego DA Forces Disclosure of Employee Misconduct Records

[…] important principle under the California Public Records Act — that public agencies must produce actual records in their files. The district attorney insisted that it was sufficient for the agency to release tailored summaries of records, while withholding the records themselves. "From inception, this lawsuit was as much about a legal principle as the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
October 21, 2019
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CPRA Police Records

Need Guidance On Gaining Access to Arrest Report

[…] jurisdictions and parole or probation holds." Gov’t Code § 6254(f)(1). You can read more on this website about the Public Records Act, including the law enforcement record exemption, here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can […]

June 20, 2018
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Short Takes: government email, historical police records, fee awards against requesters

BY PETER SCHEER--Despite the dysfunction in Washington, Congress occasionally surprises with a modest piece of legislation that points the way for California and many other states. So it is with a 2014 Federal Records Act amendment which addresses this question: Suppose a federal employee, using his own personal text or email account, sends a […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
January 21, 2015
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FAC Joins Coalition Urging SF Mayor to Restore Rights Under Sunshine Ordinance

[…] to receive documents and information exchanged during contract negotiations, nor the right to a response to a Public Records Act request unimpeded by the often abused 'catch-all' exemption from disclosure found in Government Code section 6255, to combat this public health emergency. In fact, the Sunshine Ordinance section expressly forbids 'assert(ing) an exemption for […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
April 20, 2020
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CPRA

What is the CPRA rule regarding retention of emails?

As far as the CPRA is concerned, I filed for any emails concerning media policy and the district told me that emails are only archived for four years. Is that legal? Is there a statute of limitations on how far back public agencies must keep emails on file?

April 1, 2015
Cases

Howey v. City of Fresno

FAC represented Brian Howey, an investigative journalist who was denied police use-of-force records while researching a story about police misconduct. CLOSED
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 16, 2023
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FAC Joins Brief Urging California Supreme Court to Hold That Internet Content Providers Have a Right Under the First Amendment to Defend Speech on Their Websites
- Free Expression
April 20, 2017
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Brown Act CPRA

Planning Commissions, Confidential Complaints, and the CPRA

At a Planning Commission in our city an applicant applied for a variance regarding the height of a fence as a result of a complaint. Prior to the hearing a Planning Commissioner revealed that she was the complainant and was stepping down from the hearing. Another Planning Commissioner evidently found out who had made […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

Stripped of First Amendment Rights By City Council

I went to a city council meeting and a woman was being proposed for city office. I condemned her appointment, saying Martin Luther King Jr. would not have approved. I also condemned the homosexuals in the room. Christianity is often condemned by others with no results, but this time, the Mayor interrupted me and […]

December 4, 2018