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  • Latest News

    Press Release

    FAC Prevails in Effort to Force CA Attorney General to Disclose Police Misconduct Files

    A San Francisco judge today ordered California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to begin disclosing police-misconduct files sought by the First Amendment Coalition (FAC)—a victory for government transparency against one of the few remaining police agencies in the state to refuse to comply with Senate Bill 1421, California’s new landmark police transparency bill that went […]

    May 17, 2019

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Moves to Unseal Records in BART Station Murder Case

    […] no evidence to justify secrecy, as required under the First Amendment and California law. Moreover, the court considered no alternatives to secrecy — also a legal requirement for sealing. "This case involves terrible crimes committed at public transportation facilities used by thousands of commuters daily. There is a legitimate public interest in these proceedings, […]

    October 31, 2019

  • Latest News

    Cases

    Amici Briefs Digest – March 2018

    […] of expensive litigation to demand payment." California Court of Appeal NCBM v. Chico Community Publishing:  This case concerns the ability of the Sacramento News & Review (SN &R) to recover its attorneys' fees in a reverse-CPRA lawsuit.  SN&R made a CPRA request for emails from Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and his staff. Johnson and […]

    March 7, 2018

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    Blog

    A California Perspective on AG Alberto Gonzales’ Problems

    […] in the wind, struggling to explain one misstatement after another about the purge of eight US Attorneys, presents a number of ironies, especially to observers in California. For starters there’s Congress’ feigned dismay in discovering that federal prosecutors are subject to political pressures in their handling of cases that are of interest to members […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Requesting electronic trial court records

    I am trying to access a criminal court’s calendar for a 3 month period of time in 2004. Is there is a different public records request when trying to access information from the courts?

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Police Records

    Requesting employee-related information

    I am trying to access a criminal court’s calendar for a 3 month period of time in 2004. Is there is a different public records request when trying to access information from the courts?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Request for police surveillance records met with 90-day delay

    Our watchdog organization submitted a PRA request on three months ago for copies of audio and visual surveillance recordings made during a political demonstration. Within 10 days we received a response saying that we would get all "releasable" items within 90 days. I have twice called, and left messages for the officer who responded […]

    September 15, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Making a FOIA request to the Dept. of Homeland Security

    For starters, if you have not already done so, you may want to submit your requests, in writing, to the appropriate agencies, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. Submitting your requests in writing should result in a written response, which will make it easier to respond to each agency’s purported reasons for […]

    July 11, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Are words chosen for tombstone protected speech or can a Public Cemetery District censor them?

    […] public cemetery district has adopted a policy (which I objected too) of requiring that monument makers first submit to the cemetery district manager the verbiage and artwork for any new benches, monuments, or headstones to gain approval before the cutting or sandblasting of the monument can begin. I ran into this rule headlong today […]

    October 4, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Destroying public records under the CPRA

    Under what circumstances can government agencies (i.e., a city government) destroy records? I see requests to destroy records from time to time on City Council agendas and this piqued my interest. One recent item stated that said records were "at least two years old" and ready to be destroyed. That seems odd but I […]

    June 14, 2009