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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    CPRA fees and information in electronic form

    Responding to a request for copies of all messages, emails from council members laptops to each other, especially during the periods of council meetings for the last two months, the city has responded thusly:Pursuant to the California Public Records Act Government Code 6253.9 b. 2 the following fees are associated with fulfilling your request: […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Request denied for fire district celebration guest list

    […] not something normally kept on file, any factual sections of the report, and perhaps its observations and analysis, would typically not be precluded from disclosure under this exemption. Citizens for a Better Environment v. Department of Food Agriculture, 171 Cal. App. 3d 704 (1985). Note that the case also said that even if documents […]

    August 16, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Naturalization records

    […] has been denied, within 10 days.  (Gov't Code § 6253).  If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek.  (Gov't code § 6255).  It sounds like you may […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    School documents and lost records

    Generally, are there any school district budget documents, reports, salary compensation information, etc. that are not accessible to the public? I put in a Request for Public Records to view a permit plan and Building & Safety lost the plans within one week of receiving them. What recourse do I have?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    My CPRA requests have been ignored. What can I do?

    […] records within 10 days of receipt of the request, and making copies of records available promptly thereafter.  Gov’t Code § 6253(c). If the agency is claiming that an exemption applies to any of the records you are seeking, it must let you know what the exemption is, and exactly how it applies to those records.  Gov’t […]

    May 19, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    How can I stop city from violating Brown Act during budget meetings?

    Under the Brown Act’s public comment requirements, Gov't Code section 54954.3(a), a legislative body may adopt "easonable regulations" for public comment periods, including regulations limiting the total amount of time allocated for public testimony on particular issues and for each individual speaker, but the body may not "prohibit public criticism of the policies, procedures, […]

    November 14, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    What Constitutes a Local Agency

    […] provides that records created, owned or maintained by that entity are public records that may be examined or copied upon request, unless one of the Act's many exemptions to disclosure apply. The exemptions can be found at Govt Code Section 6254 in the PRA.  The full text of the PRA can be found here. […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC, ACLU Sue for Public Access to Kern County Superior Court

    […] provided video or audio feeds of court proceedings. In most cases in Kern County, however, even family members were turned away from courthouses and not given options for remote access. It’s not just a hardship, it’s also unconstitutional. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundations of Southern and Northern California, and the First Amendment […]

    June 26, 2020

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    Press Release

    CFAC, scholars sue CA State Bar for access to records on affirmative action

    […] today of a lawsuit against the State Bar of California to force it to disclose years of statistical records on bar exam results. The records are sought for an academic research project that will test the controversial theory that affirmative action policies at law schools harm the very minority students they are intended to […]

    June 3, 2009

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    Journalists Thomas Peele & Caroline Titus named 2016 FAC Award Winners

    […] stories that advance government transparency and  "the people’s right to know." The winners are journalists Thomas Peele and Caroline Titus. The following is from the award citations for each: THOMAS PEELE is an investigative reporter, teacher and open government advocate who filed hundreds of public records requests this year to build a database of the 944 […]

    November 29, 2016