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  • Latest News

    Press Release

    Advocates, Press Seek Access to Court Records in FCI Dublin Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

    […] the prison has closed. Unless there is a compelling reason to maintain secrecy, the court should make the previously sealed documents available to the public immediately. " For decades, FCI Dublin officers hid the prison’s toxic culture from outside authorities and used threats and retaliation to silence the women they sexually abused," said Angelica […]

    June 12, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Community College Senate, Listservs, and Public Record

    […] faculty have the right to privacy in these issues? There is a "listserv" among the faculty that was started a few years ago to be a forum for open communication between professional colleagues relating to academic and pedagogical issues surrounding the faculty. Currently, around 80 faculty out of the 400 employed are subscribed to […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Honors Open Vallejo, Kaiser Health News, and The Maine Monitor with Annual Award

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2023 Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org SAN RAFAEL – The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 Free Speech and Open Government Award: three journalists who strategically used public records to expose government misconduct and failures of accountability. Some of this work resulted in significant government […]

    February 27, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Improper Noticing of Serial and Special Meetings In Violation of the Brown Act

    […] the Act. Cal. Gov. Code § 54960;McKee v. Orange Unified School District, 110 Cal. App. 4th 1310 (2003). Cal. Gov. Code § 54960.1 sets forth the procedure for nullification of a legislative action taken in violation of the Brown Act. Unfortunately, § 54960.1 provides tight timing requirements on filing such an action, including the […]

    March 11, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing public payrolls

    I recently filed a public records request for teacher payroll information with the Los Angeles Unified School District. My request was denied on the grounds that it represented an unreasonable invasion of privacy. It's my understanding that public employee payroll documents should not be exempt through the "privacy" clause. A fellow student working with […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How Long Do Agencies Have to Keep Records?

    […] See 64 Op. Atty Gen. Cal. 317 (1981) ("Nothing in the Public Records Act purports to govern destruction of records ... Its sole function is to provide for disclosure.").  Instead, an agency's obligation to retain records are addressed by a variety of record retention laws. For example, Section 34090 of the Government Code provides […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Golden Gate Bridge suicide records

    I recently made a request to the Golden Gate Bridge and Transportation District for copies of all incident reports from 2006 regarding suicides at the Golden Gate Bridge, attempted suicides, and interrupted suicides.  I had made a similar request for the records from 2004 a few years ago and was provided with the documents […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Records Request, Community College, and Time Limits

    I personally served (Hand Delivered) a Community College back in April a CPRA request for information.  Their attorney sent me a partial package.  However, the main portion of information has not been sent.  As a result, the attorney stated that his paralegal was working on it and that it would be sent out right away. […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC Helps Defeat Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K in Attorneys Fees From Records Requester

    […] attempt to argue Ms. Brazil had done. FAC and the ACLU were joined in their amicus brief by Californians Aware, the California News Publishers Association, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Los Angeles Times and the McClatchy Company. Here's yesterday’s order And the briefing filed by FAC and the ACLU […]

    April 11, 2018