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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Double standard on publishing names of document requesters

    We have a unique situation here. A Community Services District has established a policy of publishing the requesters name and what records they are asking for in both the minutes and agenda. This is done to bring public attention on who is requesting records. These individuals are now being harassed for making these requests. […]

    January 4, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Could this act of intimidation be a Brown Act violation?

    I attended the board meeting of the Waterworks District. During the meeting an agenda item came up for two job descriptions relating to the person who currently holds those positions. There were comments made by an ex-board member and another member of the public concerning this problem. One board member in particular had a very abrasive response to these comments. […]

    June 10, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA FOIA

    Preliminary Data from FEMA as Requested by the City

    I have requested "preliminary" flood mapping data from FEMA for the city. The FEMA Consultant has responded that the data are preliminary, therefore, they are not required to release it to the public. However, the city is using the preliminary flood data to dictate development standards. The city requires developers to conduct their own flood […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Sues LAPD Over Failure to Release Bodycam Recordings from Protest

    […] showing the Los Angeles Police Department’s violent treatment of protesters who demonstrated peacefully outside the official residence of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on December 6, 2020. For more than 18 months, the LAPD has refused to turn over the recordings of the incident that left protesters badly injured, despite a landmark police transparency […]

    July 6, 2022

  • Latest News

    Regulators analyzing MediaNews’ acquisition…

    […] San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Monterey Herald, and 30 Bay Area weekly newspapers, is paying a 20% premium over the price that McClatchy paid Knight-Ridder for these same publications less than two months ago. Antitrust regulators in the U.S. Justice Department, who must decide whether to go to court to try to […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    When government outsources program are documents public?

    I have asked the city for a particular statistical report about their red light camera system. They have refused to provide the records, and have ignored my offer to pay (per GC 6253.9(b)). The requested report is one which a city can obtain by going to the website of their red light camera vendor, […]

    October 10, 2011

  • Posts

    FAC Joins Coalition Urging SF Mayor to Restore Rights Under Sunshine Ordinance

    […] to receive documents and information exchanged during contract negotiations, nor the right to a response to a Public Records Act request unimpeded by the often abused 'catch-all' exemption from disclosure found in Government Code section 6255, to combat this public health emergency. In fact, the Sunshine Ordinance section expressly forbids 'assert(ing) an exemption for […]

    April 20, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    City Council editing public meeting videos

    […] complaint with the police department.  I spoke from a prepared speech. No one did a thing. At the end of the meeting no one addressed my request for a proper complaint. I then asked the chief of police three times for a complaint. He had an officer escort me into an interrogation room. They took my contact […]

    July 30, 2015