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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Corporate Licenses

    I am dealing with a building contractor in California. I have made several requests as to where the corporations licenses are posted for public review and the hours. The corporation refuses to respond. Any suggestions?

    June 14, 2009

  • Posts

    California’s Computer Privacy Laws Require a Critical Update: SB 178 is it.

    Police need a warrant to rifle through papers in your desk drawer, so the same should go for sensitive digital data like email, text messages, location history and stored documents of all kinds. Tell your assemblymember to support S.B. 178 (text of bill), the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA), to protect our private digital […]

    August 20, 2015

  • Latest News

    Advocacy Blog

    San José releases trove of mayor’s emails in FAC public records case

    The fight for transparency continues Friends, Earlier this year, wefiled a lawsuitto bring more transparency to San José City Hall. The lawsuit seeks to enforce the California Public Records Act after city officials failed to turn over emails, text messages and other documents we believe the public was entitled to see. This month, we […]

    October 17, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Councilmembers texting during meeting a Brown Act violation?

    […] attorney during a public meeting. The audience watching the meetings at home can’t see this is going on. If the City Attorney needs to give advice, shouldn’t he state it publicly, or that he will confer with them at a future properly noticed closed session? Do you have any advice for asking for text messages?

    May 23, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Who is allowed to sit in on closed sessions regarding hiring?

    […] an open session rather than a closed session, which notice shall be delivered to the employee personally or by mail at least 24 hours before the time for holding the session. If notice is not given, any disciplinary or other action taken by the legislative body against the employee based on the specific complaints […]

    December 31, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA FOIA

    Record of state and federal spending

    […] federal tax monies are spent? Would not the California Public Records Act have to comply with Federal Law (i.e. Freedom of Information Act)? If not, could not a suit be brought in federal court seeking an injunction to force the state legislature and judiciary to make public all records of how tax dollars are spent?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Ad hoc committees under the Brown Act

    […] up being propaganda machines or special interest mechanisms. My question is at what political or length of time threshold (economic revitalization seems like a non-temporary issue to me) is an issue no longer a candidate for ad hoc committees, but for regular "standing" subcommittees that the public can attend? Is there a law about this?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Is there a statute of limitations on CPRA cases?

    The Public Records Act ("PRA" or the "Act") does not provide for a statute of limitations for filing suit to enforce the provisions of the Act, and it is not entirely clear what statute of limitations might apply. If you are considering litigation, however, I recommend that you seek specific legal advice from an […]

    August 25, 2010

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    Blog Cases

    Most Wanted Secret Doc: Justice Dept Memo Analyzing Drone Strikes Against Suspected Terrorists

    […] Congress (all of whom were denied access). The memo is also sought in three FOIA lawsuits filed separately by the First Amendment Coalition (the organization I work for) in federal court in San Francisco, and by the New York Times and the ACLU in federal court in Manhattan. The Justice Department claims the very […]

    August 27, 2012