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

Search Results

Showing 761 - 770 of 1082 results

Asked and Answered

Accessing A Prison Visit Audio Transcript in Maine

I am helping a former inmate in Maine write a documentary on his case and we are trying to access a recording or a transcript of two conversations: the first took place at the prison and the second was a phone call that was made by the inmate from prison. We attempted to access […]

March 6, 2020
Asked and Answered

Brown Act

Access to agenda attachments

[…] the meeting under Government section 54954.2(a)), or when it is distributed to a majority of the legislative body, whichever is first. The agency may charge a fee for mailing the materials, not to exceed the cost of providing the mailing service.Government Code Section 54954.1 provides as follows:Any person may request that a copy of […]

June 14, 2009
Latest News

Blog

Government officials should listen to voters instead of lawyers selling strategies for blocking access to information

[…] into government's DNA. But some efforts to withhold information are more dangerous to democracy than others. The most dangerous are government lying (about the existence of documents, for example), particularly in circumstances where officials lie with impunity. Almost as dangerous, but less obviously so, are situations in which government agencies restructure the way they […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
March 24, 2014
Asked and Answered

CPRA

Public Universities, Listservs, and Destruction of Records

[…] entries in its online volunteer listserv from appearing in the newspaper. Because I believe the taxpayer-funded listserv content is a public document, I filed a PRA request for one day’s worth of postings. The university has replied that it keeps no copies of the listserv postings, and cannot provide them. They seem to have […]

June 14, 2009
Asked and Answered

Social Media

University Facebook Group Admin Threatened with Defamation Lawsuit

I am the admin and creator of a Facebook group. Recently I was threatened to be named in a defamation suit for the posts of a member. We are a public group that posts news and opinions on our University, teams, team play, team coaching. We allow posts by members who voice approval or […]

April 16, 2019
Cases

First Amendment Coalition and Knock LA motion to unseal search warrant

[…] Unsealing of Warrant to Search Photojournalist and Black Lives Matters Protestors' Cell Phones (5/23/2023) Media Coalition Asks Court to Unseal Search Warrant Targeting Protesters Kept Under Seal for Two Years (9/19/2022) Blog: Unsealed: Newly released warrant reveals flimsy basis for L.A. sheriff targeting press, protesters (6/7/2023) Legal Documents: Court Order Granting Motion (11/10/2022) Petition […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 10, 2022
Asked and Answered

Brown Act

University of California Press

[…] records you seek. A sample PRA request letter can be found on the CFAC website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. UC Press must respond in writing, inform you if the records still exist and if so must either provide you a copy or explain which exemption it believes allows UC Press to withhold the records.

June 14, 2009
Asked and Answered

CPRA

Requests for applications of public positions

[…] Cal. App. 4th 1136 (1997) and California First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court, 67 Cal. App. 4th 159 (1998). Both cases involved applications submitted to the Governor for appointment to vacancies on county boards of supervisors. In both cases, the court of appeal held, for a variety of reasons, that the applications were exempt […]

June 14, 2009
Asked and Answered

CPRA

Does city’s “fee schedule” for public records violate CPRA?

A media partner of ours reported that a municipality has adopted a "schedule of charges" for public records requests. The board voted that there will be a $25 administrative fee per request. The number of pages requested will generate additional fees. The first 10 pages of records will cost $1 per page and each […]

June 24, 2010
Latest News

Google’s Antitrust Wrist Slap Is Right Result for Wrong Reason. Right Reason: Google Search Results are Protected Speech

[…] relative to other search results, and the presentation generally of website pages responsive to a search -- these choices constitute editorial functions, subject to the strongest safeguards for free speech. The New York Times (or The Huffington Post, Wired.com or other reputable news organization of your choice) gets to decide -- free from government […]

January 7, 2013