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  • Cases

    First Amendment Coalition v. Chiu

    Working with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, we sued the San Francisco City Attorney and California Attorney General on November 22 to challenge a California statute that authorizes city attorneys, district attorneys and the Attorney General to seek civil penalties against anyone who publishes any information related to a sealed arrest record, […]

    December 5, 2024

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    CPRA

    Obtaining Legal Records of a Public Agency

    […] requested the list of legal expenses, by attorney, billing statements and /or invoices by case or project from the City and Redevelopment Agency.  I did not ask for any other information about any of the litigation or project. They took over a month to provide me with a ledger from the finance department with […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Do Volunteers Working with CA Prisoners Have the Right to Publish Stories About The Experience?

    […] understand these restrictions. However, the CDCR is known to be notoriously protective about publicity/research, and many colleagues have informally advised that official approval will likely not be forthcoming, especially since the class being conducted has a subversive and anti-establishmentarian nature with respect to the prison system. What are the First Amendment rights of a […]

    November 9, 2018

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    Reporter Sues Alameda County for Sideshow Law That Criminalizes Journalism

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Today, Oaklandside reporter Jose Antonio Garcia sued Alameda County in federal court over its Ordinance 2023-31, which criminalizes merely being present within 200 feet of a "sideshow" for the purpose of observing it. This law has prevented Garcia, who writes using another family name, […]

    July 2, 2024

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    Court Records

    CA Supreme Court denied my petition and I demand the right to know why

    A petition for review to the CA Supreme Court is assigned to a legal staff who drafts a "conference memorandum" which summarizes the case facts, outlines the issues, and makes a recommendation to the court whether the case presents sufficiently important issues for review. Under the "petition clause" of the constitution I feel that […]

    April 13, 2012

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Does the Brown Act Offer Recourse for Activists Barred from City Council Meeting?

    […] nothing wrong. Some of us eventually made it in, including myself, but other never made it in and were unable to speak during public comments. I would like to see if there is some sort of recourse we can pursue against the city/police department for violating our rights to attend and participate in the meeting.

    February 12, 2018

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    CPRA

    Council-elect make decisions, but claim documents are not public

    […] celebration) serve on this committee. My questions: is this committee considered private? Am I entitled to the financial records of this committee? I have requested the budget for the event, how much has been raised in donations and the names of the major donors but have been denied. A couple of additional facts: no […]

    October 21, 2010

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    Brown Act

    Does the CA legislature have an open meeting law?

    […] applies to the CA legislature. What law governs the process through which the CA legislature, including committees, considers laws and informs the public of opportunity to comment at hearings. And are there laws that prevent a committee for adding a last-minute amendment (without notice) to a bill that has little connection to the original bill?

    December 17, 2014

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    CPRA Police Records

    I Called Police About My Loud Neighbors Gathering During COVID. Were These Redactions Lawful?

    […] days later, as the victim of the incident (I live in the neighborhood and was being disturbed by the illegal noise), I emailed a CPRA request asking for a copy of the relevant CAD Call Report. I got back that call report, which did not contain any "analysis or conclusions of the investigating officer." […]

    January 20, 2021