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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police Reports, Public Record

    […] through the police department, and if no action was taken by the DA on any report, how would one gain access to find them?  I am looking for one specific report which should be related to the man's mailbox having been blown up.  Yet, no action may have been taken.  We believe he is […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    How much can I spend advertising against a ballot measure?

    […] a loan by a third party, or an enforceable promise to make a payment, unless it is clear from the surrounding circumstances that it is not made for political purposes." Gov't Code § 82025. "A payment is made for 'political purposes' IF IT IS: 'For the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence the […]

    July 7, 2010

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    California Supreme Court Stops Cities From Charging Steep Fees for Video Redactions

    The California Supreme Court today issued an opinion preventing government agencies from charging the public for editing and compiling police body camera footage and other electronic records before the records are released. The First Amendment Coalition and the California News Publishers Association filed an amicus brief in the case, National Lawyers Guild v. City […]

    May 28, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    Bagley-Keene Act Newsgathering

    Arrested at meeting for commenting on no-public-comment rule

    […] the Dept. of Fish and Game. The facilitators illegally tried to establish a no public comment and no recording policy at these public meetings. I was arrested for trying to openly record the meeting, and for stating that the no public comment policy was illegal. They have, as of last week, reversed their illegal […]

    July 2, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to public library records under Public Records Act

    […] any kind or character in excess of the period prescribed by the general law of the State of California." Additionally, "library…materials made or acquired and presented solely for reference…purposes" are exempt from the Public Records Act. Cal. Gov't Code § 6254(j). Notwithstanding the above, you may want to send the library a formal letter […]

    April 1, 2016

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    Media Coalition Asks Court to Unseal Search Warrant Targeting Protesters Kept Under Seal for Two Years

    Media Coalition Asks Court to UnsealSearch Warrant Targeting Protesters Kept Under Seal for Two Years FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Updated: The court on Nov. 10 granted the motion to unseal but delayed release of the records pending further proceedings. LOS ANGELES —California government watchdog group First Amendment Coalition and independent news organization Knock LA this […]

    September 19, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    School administrators and the CPRA

    […] has a right to inspect any public record," except as provided for under the PRA or other law.  Govt. Code Section 6253(a).  Documents created by a public high school principal in the course of his or her employment could meet this requirement, along with other school records, subject to the various exemptions of the PRA.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Newsgathering

    What Are the Rights and Restrictions of Photo-Journalists Covering Wildfires?

    […] engulfed home are requesting I take down the photos. I tried to talk through this with them, but they are understandably upset and seeking someone to blame for their pain. Because I have no budget for legal help, I took down any photo/videos that were taken from that property but not any that were […]

    November 13, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Access to case exhibit

    I have a case in the Court of Appeal. My attorney needed a copy from the case file. I went to court and asked for a copy of exhibit 3. The clerk denied my request. I told my attorney this and he sent a local to obtain exhibit 3. She too was denied access […]

    June 14, 2009