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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Why did one county deny a PRA request that most others quickly fulfill?

    […] This is the reply from the attorney (after informing me that they would have the records ready by Friday 5/31/13 they sent this on 5/30/13) Concerning your request for public records. Your request for records is specifically exempt from production pursuant to Government Code section 6254.16. Please let me know if you have any questions.

    July 25, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Animal shelters deny CPRA request for names of rescue orgs we want to support

    […] of rescues that pull the animals (we stated specifically the rescue name was being requested for purposes of charitable donations). So is that information protected by some exemption defined by law? We have been given that information informally over the phone by staff in the past but lately for some shelters it has taken […]

    October 16, 2015

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    Blog Cases

    In settlement with FAC, LA County Jail releases inmate visitor log, agrees to relax secrecy rule

    […] to public officials. FAC was represented in the litigation by Jean-Paul Jassy of Jassy Vick LLP in LA. The settlement grows out of a suit by FAC for access to the visitor logs for one of the LA jail's high-profile inmates, John Noguez, the embattled LA County Assessor who faces multiple felony counts for […]

    December 5, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    The CPRA and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance

    […] people contact their government. What about fax machine call logs? Also is there a concept of private vs official or business email addresses - is it different for citizens than public officials? Lastly, what about email server logs showing when an email was processed? What about whistleblowers - should they be told to use […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    University fails to make good faith effort to respond to records request

    I was laid off by the University of California this fall.  I subsequently submitted two CPRA requests regarding funding sources for my position. I requested that I be told if this information was to be withheld, but I was told that I had a right to this information. However, it has been three to […]

    February 3, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Accessing Court Records and List of Cases

    Made FOIA request to the appellate court for list of cases (included those unpublished) filed for appeal relating to 2 Superior Court judges for past 5 years. Response was a letter stating they didn’t have any cases on file for me. There is, in fact a case on file but not what I asked […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Drafts and Public Record

    My city is reviewing and commenting on a Draft EIR for a large project they are undertaking. They have been getting drafts and commenting on it and then returning the comments to the consultant who presumably is editing the EIR in response to the comments. Are the Drafts of the EIR public records that […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Redaction of investigative report

    The Brown Act governs access to meetings and provides exemptions for when meetings may be held in closed session.  Unfortunately there is no section of the Brown Act that requires a government body such as the city council to meet for discussion regarding a particular topic. The Public Record Act governs which government records […]

    August 12, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Councilman asks intern on date via city issued cell

    I have learned that a city councilman was sending text messages to a city intern, asking her for a date. I would like to file a CPR request for the text messages sent from his city issued Blackberry. I'm sure they (the councilman and the city attorney) would try to argue that such a […]

    November 21, 2009

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    Cases

    Amici Briefs Digest – Sept. 2018

    […] of the website antiwar.com. Our amicus brief argues, in essence, that the lower court’s ruling would open the door to the FBI broadly collecting information about journalists for the mere act of publishing -- just the kind of surveillance prohibited under the Privacy Act. FAC was represented here by Cooley LLP. FAC Joined Amici […]

    September 20, 2018