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Score one big victory for access to government data
December 20, 2013
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Length of time agencies must hold on the public records
Are there legal guidelines for the length of time Board meeting documents and recordings must be kept?June 14, 2009
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The Legal Hotline gives users quick, free access to FAC’s lawyers for questions about access to public records and your right to attend government meetings in California; access to court documents and proceedings in California and federal courts; and First Amendment protections for freedom of speech and freedom of the press.June 12, 2024
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May I request to have agendas mailed to me?
[…] Brown Act provides that: "ny person may request that a copy of the agenda, or a copy of all the documents constituting the agenda packet, of any meeting of a legislative body be mailed to that person. . . . Upon receipt of the written request, the legislative body or its designee shall cause […]October 15, 2013
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What is a Draft? How does that affect Public Records Requests?
June 14, 2009
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Is a contracted City Attorney a city employee?
Are contracted City Attorneys considered city employees? I'm asking because the city I cover has scheduled a closed-session meeting to review the job performance of its City Attorney. This comes at a time when a few council members want to replace the current attorney, who charges $130 per hour, with a full-time, in-house attorney […]June 14, 2009
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FAC joins environmental access suit against Marin County
[…] an environmental group went to court, thus triggering the suspension of the ordinance. The poison pill, plus other language weakening the original draft, were inserted during closed-door meetings of a two-person subcommittee of Marin’s supervisors. The CPRA requests focus on the decisions of this subcommittee and the supervisors’ adoption of the proposed ordinance. The […]March 16, 2015
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Redevelopment Agency becomes “private corporation” not covered by Brown Act?
[…] of Directors are comprised of former city council members and other on various city commissions, etc. Plus, the RCDC uses city planning and other staff for its meetings,etc. Citizens have repeatedly asked for information pertaining to the business they are conducting, but have been refused access to that information, being told that they are […]May 2, 2013
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Guest Commentary: Did the Media go too far in Disclosing a Secret Dossier on Russia’s supposed “kompromat” against Trump? Nyet.
[…] US government." There followed, in the runup to Trump’s press conference last week, a flood of articles describing, analyzing, dissecting and satirizing the dossier’s claims about clandestine meetings between representatives of Trump and officials of Russian intelligence agencies, threats of blackmail and, ahem, "showers" in Moscow. Were these reports "fake news," as Trump, using […]November 15, 2016
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Personal privacy exemption for public college dean
October 17, 2013