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    CPRA School Records

    Request for candidate’s college degree requires authorization?

    I emailed a PRA request to a Cal State admissions office regarding a degree granted to someone running for the local city council. I received the following reply: "We have no problem complying, you will need to request this in written form. Provide us with the following information and pay the required fee $10.00. […]

    February 5, 2011

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    CPRA

    Recourse for ignored CPRA requests

    […] on a particular date; (b) substantially more than 10 days have passed and you have not received a written response as required; and (c) if you are forced to sue to obtain the records and the agency is unable to justify its refusal to provide access to the records (and its failure to even […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment School Records

    First Amendment rights on college campuses

    […] more information about how to submit a Public Records Act request, including a sample letter, at this link on the FAC website. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues […]

    March 21, 2016

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    CPRA

    Are Emails Between Political Officials and Third Parties a Public Record in California?

    I recently tried to access email communications between a current elected city official and a former elected city official over a local project that's being funded by public funds. The city responded to my requests, but only with publicly accessible information, essentially amounting to a refusal. Reasons included: the information in these emails was […]

    March 30, 2020

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    CPRA

    Economic Interest Disclosure Statements

    […] to the County Clerk, Recorder, Registrar of Voters, back in January of this year. I Requested to see all the form 700 disclosure statements of economic interests, for each County Extraction Review Team member; whereas stated in the County Conflict of Interest Code, named in APPENDIX "B" as an Entity, and subject to Reporting […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records School Records

    College Campus Police Blotter

    […] Williams v. Superior Court, 5 Cal. 4th 337 (1993), the California Supreme Court said that, in enacting the PRA, "the state Legislature ... limited the CPRA's exemption for law enforcement investigatory files . . . by requiring agencies to disclose specific information derived from the materials in investigatory files rather than the materials, themselves."  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Newsgathering

    The DA gives information to other media, but refuses to make it available to our newspaper

    […] Attorney. This news led to his assistant's departure. Now, the DA refuses to provide public information on court cases that we can only get (and have gotten for 35 years) over the phone. I believe there is a statute somewhere that requires government officials to provide news to outlets on a non-discriminatory basis. The […]

    August 20, 2010

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    Planned Giving Legacy Society

    Like your everyday actions, your charitable gifts have an impact on others. Perhaps you have considered a charitable legacy to continue your philanthropy beyond your lifetime, to have your family remembered, and your philanthropy is woven into the lives of others. With a legacy gift, you can. We invite you to make your philanthropy endure […]

    July 26, 2024

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    First Amendment

    Can a school limit a teacher’s speech?

    […] 547 U.S. at 417-21. As the Supreme Court has said, "when public employees make statements pursuant to their official duties, the employees are not speaking as citizens for First Amendment purposes, and the Constitution does not insulate their communications from employer discipline." Garcetti, 547 U.S. at 421. Your state is part of the U.S. […]

    April 1, 2025