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  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA Police Records

    Accessing Information from ICE

    […] a FOIA exemption. Nor does the Privacy Act provide a basis for withholding records through "Exemption 3" of FOIA (exempting from FOIA records specifically exempted by statutes meeting certain criteria).  See 5 USC 552(b)(3).  While the Privacy Act allows agencies to exempt certain records from disclosure under the Act (including certain law enforcement and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    FAC Urges Orange School Board Member to Retract Statement Threatening Speech Rights

    […] vice president of the Orange Unified School District Board of Education, to retract statements that threatened fundamental rights of civic participation. At the board's January 19, 2023 meeting, Mr. Ortega characterized criticism from members of the public as "slanderous comments that you need to be very careful of, because you could be liable for […]

    January 31, 2023

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    Annie Cappetta Joins FAC as Legal Fellow

    […] helping expand our legal program’s reach and impact," says FAC’s Legal Director, David Loy. Annie joins in FAC’s work of expanding access to public records and government meetings, and defending freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Accordingly, she drafts amicus briefs and advocacy letters, helps operate FAC’s free Legal Hotline, and assists […]

    September 21, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    University of California Press

    […] am trying to obtain records from the University of California Press about a book they published.  My hope is to obtain the minutes of the editorial committee meeting relating to the book's publication in 1968, as well as any documents they might have related to its re-release by the UC Press in 1998.  Under […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Taxpayers Going Postal Over Public Employee Pensions, Perks. Unions’ miscalculation: Opting for secrecy.

    […] to legislators. Public unions in California turned distrustful of voters and ambivalent about government transparency. In the mid-1990s unions backed improvements to the Brown Act, California's open meeting law, but also inserted a provision assuring that the public would have no access to collective bargaining agreements negotiated by cities and counties---often representing 70% or […]

    June 11, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I use the Sunshine Act to access to state-controlled information?

    Proposition 59 amended the California Constitution to add greater access to government records and meetings.  You can find more information regarding Proposition 59 on the FAC website here: CA Proposition 59. However, if you seek records from a specific state agency, I suggest making a request in accordance with the California Public Records Act. Under the […]

    April 7, 2016

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Receives $100k Gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies

    […] Newmark Philanthropies for this generous gift, which will allow us to continue and expand our fight for speech and press freedoms, public access to government records and meetings, and civic engagement," said FAC Executive Director David Snyder. A democracy can only thrive when the entire public participates, and is included, in a society, and […]

    June 20, 2019