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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Urges California Supreme Court to Require Transparency in Clemency Proceedings

    […] little information about what’s being put before the court. Today, in response to the court’s invitation to submit comments on a proposed administrative order governing a process for these records, FAC asked the justices to ensure the process follows existing rules of court and the common law presumption of openness, which reject default sealing. […]

    January 13, 2021

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Fights Secret Hearings in Death Penalty Case

    Motion by lawyers for Armando Cruz, charged in rape and murder of 13-year-old Bakersfield girl, seeks to block press and public from all pretrial hearings The First Amendment Coalition is fighting to ensure hearings in a Bakersfield death penalty case remain open to the press and public. FAC’s brief, now on file in Kern […]

    September 28, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Non-response to FOIA request

    […] done. Moreover, the FOIA provides a mechanism to deal with unusually burdensome requests which an agency would not be able to process within the prescribed time limits. For such requests, the FOIA requires that an agency inform the requester that the request cannot be processed within the time limits and provide an opportunity for […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    A Can the city legally refuse to fulfill my request unless I use their form?

    My city will not fulfill a request for documents made via email.  They insist that I first fill out their request form. I have made email requests to other government entities for years and other than delays I have received my documents. Can the city legally refuse to fulfill my email request? Is there state […]

    August 13, 2015

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    CPRA

    Agency won’t provide records in electronic format

    In response to our public records request for electronic data, public agencies have refused to release data in Excel format. They have instead given us pdfs or hard copies. Their reasons are vague, ranging from concerns we will manipulate the data to saying it's not their policy to release data in that format. I […]

    August 18, 2010

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    CPRA

    What rules apply to searching DMV database?

    […] calls to the address of : 26613 Rapid Falls Ct I need a time frame from and to you would like us to run in our system for calls of service. Also: Please be advised there are Fees for your Request: 1) Calls for Service Address Run costs $50.00 an hr - ( 1 […]

    December 7, 2010

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    CPRA

    State Public Health Department Withholding Public Inspection Records

    […] to submit my request online which I then did. The report lacked specificity and appeared to be lacking all of the information. I then requested public records for a period of 5 years on the machine used. I received a statement stating my request was being delayed and I might not receive all of […]

    February 7, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act Newsgathering

    Reporters wrongly ejected from community college council meeting?

    […] the members of the legislative body that are less than a quorum of the legislative body." Thus if the council was created by the formal action of, for example, the Academic Senate, the determinative issue is whether it is an "advisory committee" or a "standing committee." As the Brown Act indicates, if the council […]

    July 19, 2013

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    CPRA

    Request for documents on Tax Lien Sale denied. Why?

    In making your request for records, Government Code § 6253(b) indicates that you must "reasonably describe an identifiable record or records." The California Public Records Act does not require that the request be made in writing; however, I agree with your intention to do so. For one, a written request creates a record of […]

    October 6, 2011