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First Amendment Newsgathering

Journalist Access to Tenants, Private Communities

[…] come on the property. Thus in Dwyer v. Carroll, 84 Cal. 298 (1890), the California Supreme Court upheld the right of a tenant to sue the landlord for entering the tenant's apartment without permission. A corollary to this rule is that "the landlord has no cause of action to prevent a trespass because, under […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

How can I get the police dept. to release a shooting report?

The local police department is refusing to release a report on a shooting. Many months have passed since the incident. They give no explanation for their actions. What would be the best way to proceed to get them to release the report?

September 30, 2011
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CPRA

Can an agency’s CPRA defense go beyond the exemptions in the initial denial?

[…] that decision based on the exemption(s) claimed in the determination letter? Are public agencies allowed to raise additional exemptions to defend a subsequent lawsuit? Thank you very much for reading this question and for any help you may provide. Without the great wisdom of this hotline many people would refrain from keeping the government accountable.

September 16, 2010
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First Amendment

Threatened with Libel Suit for Email I Wrote Discussing Candidates

[…] with personal opinions of all four candidates. I mentioned the publisher of our local paper by name with one of the candidates. Someone in my email chain forwarded my private email to the publisher/editor. The publisher then copied the town officials and candidates demanding I apologize with threat of libel. The other official said […]

February 16, 2018
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CPRA Police Records

Can I Use the CPRA to access investigative files?

I am trying to get investigative records from California's Department of Consumer Affairs and the California Department of Justice for a complaint I am lodging against a former employer. How do I go about submitting such a request?

March 26, 2015
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CPRA

Coastal Permit access under PRA

[…] agency would presumptively be subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act, so obtaining a copy of the permit that you seek probably requires making a simple request for it from the agency. You might first check the agency’s website to see if it has some sort of streamlined procedure for requesting documents such as […]

April 29, 2016
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Brown Act

Brown Act and statute of limitations

Does an action requesting purely equitable (injunctive) relief for a Brown Act violation have a statute of limitations?

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Does the First Amendment Protect Against Censorship Public Access TV?

[…] staff or management." The show is a sports show. They are threatening to suspend its host and airing because they claimed that a caller spoke about wrestling for 15 minutes and it was too long and trying to stop the hosts from talking about the "take the knee" issue in football because they said […]

February 13, 2018
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CPRA

Does the CPRA consider an email database public and disclosable?

As a Business Improvement District, we are an agency of our local gov't and subject to PRAs. I have submitted countless reports, minutes/ agendas, financials and even a record of one full year of emails. Now I have been asked to submit the email database I have developed for communicating with my business members. […]

March 11, 2017
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Newsgathering

Publishing leaked email

[…] which he bad-mouths a union. Question: Does the legal disclaimer at the bottom of the email mean anything? It says basically that the email is intended only for the recipient and cannot be used for any other reason. My first impression is that the letter is inherently public because it's been sent to so […]

June 14, 2009