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  • Latest News

    FAC Urges Ninth Circuit to Protect Right to Honk Car Horns at Protests

    […] U.S. Court of Appeals About the case: A California woman is challenging a state law that restricts the use of car horns, after she got a ticket for honking at a political protest in 2017. The woman, Susan Porter, was cited for violating Section 27001 of California’s Vehicle Code after offering a few beep-beeps […]

    July 15, 2021

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    CPRA

    CPRA Request being stonewalled by their attorney

    […] district with the governing board elected by the populace. It is a 5 member board. There are no term limits and several board members have run unopposed for many years. This Board is supposed to provide oversight over the actions of the Fire Chief. Recently members of the community have become aware of what […]

    June 12, 2013

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    Court Records

    Are Depositions Public Records and Can We Publish Portions Of Them Legally?

    We have depositions from a 1994 California case with selected content we would like to use for a report. I understand that California depositions are not a matter of public record, though some other states make depositions a public record.The case was dismissed but never settled. Other than attaching the depositions or portions of […]

    October 30, 2020

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    CPRA

    The CPRA and State Employees

    […] state employment somehow precluded me from the PRA.   I have now read GC 6252(g) which makes it appear this is accurate, but GC 6252.5 muddies the water for me. Our Chief indicates in the quote above that she was "advised" that the PRA does not apply to state employees.  I am certain that advice […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

    Utility District board member access to agenda information

    I am a board member at my local Public Utility District. I requested information on an agenda item and did not receive it. I submitted questions for response and was denied. During the meeting I could not get any questions answered. Do have any advice as to what I can do?

    March 30, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Charter board meetings flout Brown Act rules

    Addressing your questions in turn: First, with respect to noticing public meetings under the Brown Act, the Act provides that the agenda for any regular public meeting governed by the Act must be posted at least 72 hours before the legislative body's meeting, and should contain a "brief general description of each item of […]

    June 8, 2011

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    CPRA

    Public Comment on Public Contracts

    As I understand your question, you are wondering what is the reasonable time period that a city must allow for public comment on the winning bid for a public contract before the city makes the actual award of the contract.  Unfortunately, the California Supreme Court case cited by the city, Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    FAC, ACLU Sue City of Fresno for Open Meetings Law Violation

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org FRESNO, Calif. — Today, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California and the First Amendment Coalition sued the city of Fresno for holding secret budget negotiations in violation of the Brown Act, California’s open meetings law. The lawsuit asks the court to order Fresno to comply with the Brown […]

    November 15, 2023

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    Brown Act

    A City Council’s COVID-19 Ordinance Allows Only email or Pre-Recorded Telephonic Comments

    […] Cal. July 14, 2020), the petitioners argued that the Planning Commission and City Council impermissibly restricted public participation during public meetings because "the City capped videoconference attendance for the City Council meeting at 100 participants even though the Zoom platform permits up to 1,000 attendees and between 200–300 members of the public had attended […]

    January 20, 2021

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    CPRA

    I was stopped from taking photos of court records with my phone to save costs. What can I do?

    Recently the organization I work for had submitted and received a Public Records Act Request of all individuals who had been charged with gang enhancements. However, there is specific information we also need but must pull the Superior Court case file to obtain such as: age, race, location, etc. These documents are electronic so […]

    February 8, 2021