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    CPRA

    CPRA request for animal shelter euthanasia log redact staff members names

    […] substance is involved and since staff members performing euthanasia in California are required by law to be trained and certified. Also, since there is a state mandate for municipal shelters to accept stray dogs, and the shelter has chosen euthanasia as a means to meet that mandate, I would think that the performance of […]

    December 12, 2015

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Call Logs and Public Records

    […] logs if asked for a specific date? For example, a call for disturbing the peace because of a noisy dog. I assume that gets logged into a database when it is dispatched. Are the addresses of the individuals in violation public information? I noticed some cities have websites that show this info and others don't.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Newsgathering

    Accessing 911 Calls and Police Reports

    I’m producing a documentary on the lives of Transgender women. Many of them have been assaulted or even killed for being who they are. I want to show a few instances of that through 911 calls, police reports, and associated photos. The police department won't even respond to my requests. Do I have a right […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Can a School Board Restrict Recording of a Meeting to a Designated Area?

    […] on a case-by-case basis) is disrupting the proceedings. However, to our knowledge, this precise question has not been addressed by a California court, so we cannot say for certain how a reviewing court would interpret this provision of the law. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and […]

    February 17, 2021

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    CPRA

    Toll Road Agency Says There is No 14-day Requirement for Responding to CPRA Requests

    The Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) that manages toll roads has sent me an email saying that there is no 14-day requirement for responding to a California Public Records Act request.  Also, if a legal matter was brought is it customary for the government agency to pay for attorney’s fees?

    January 20, 2021

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Denied My Request For An Incident Report

    If you made a Public Records Act request for the incident report, the police agency here should have cited a valid exemption that applies to the report that would justify its nondisclosure.  If the police have not cited any exemption, you might want to write back and press them to justify their withholding.  That […]

    January 4, 2020

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    CA Senate Bill 1421 Would Bring Desperately Needed Transparency to Police Misconduct Files

    […] including officer-involved shootings and instances where police officers have lied under oath. Law enforcement officers are alone among public employees in California (at least those who work for agencies subject to the California Public Records Act) in being able to keep secret even confirmed allegations of misconduct. For everyone except police officers, investigations into […]

    April 9, 2018

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    Blog

    The SEC should go forward with a rule requiring corporations to publicly disclose their campaign contributions.

    […] (by liberals) and credited (by conservatives) with unleashing anonymous political contributions by corporations? Republicans embraced the decision, which, while permitting independent corporate spending, also emphasized the need for disclosure as a check on corporate influence. Now, however, conservatives support only one-half of the Citizens United ruling: their commitment to the principle of disclosure, it […]

    May 14, 2013

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    Blog FAC News

    Remembering FAC Founding Father and California Journalism Giant, Frank McCulloch

    […] McCulloch, the son of a pioneer Nevada ranch family who served as a combat war correspondent and led major American news organizations, distinguishing himself as an icon for a free press, died on May 14, 2018. He was 98. His family was close by at a Santa Rosa, CA, nursing facility where he had […]

    May 31, 2018

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    Blog

    New 1st amendment case poses existential threat to public employee unions

    […] bargaining rights or other outpourings of voter resentment. No, the new existential threat facing government unions comes from . . . the First Amendment. In a scarcely- noticed lawsuit filed Monday in federal district court in Los Angeles, a conservative nonprofit, the Center for Individual Rights, claims that California’s system for collecting union dues […]

    May 2, 2013