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    Press Rights

    Governor Brown decides fate of open-government bills

    […] including providing public records electronically when possible. Another legislative report on electronic public records isn't necessary." AB 1723. A bill to require live video transmissions of the meetings of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University and the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Governor Brown approved […]

    October 12, 2012

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    Blog

    Obama blasts Afghans for expelling reporter who refused to ID confidential sources. So why the continued pursuit, at home, of NYT reporter James Risen?

    […] in the same way that Rosenberg defied the Afghan government. Both Rosenberg and Risen got into legal trouble by refusing to disclose confidential sources. Rosenberg, in a meeting in the Afghan Attorney General's office, was questioned about the sources--all unnamed--for his article about the coup discussions. He refused to identify his sources and was […]

    August 23, 2014

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    CPRA

    School district claims too busy to fulfill document request

    I have made numerous attempts to view board meeting minutes, a contract with a specific vendor, payment documents to that vendor, and the names of the other bidders who were not selected for the position at the School District offices. Each time they sent me away saying that they were too busy to get […]

    August 18, 2011

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Text-Messaging Public Records

    […] to be a basis for withholding public records. In your inquiry, you also mention the Brown Act and the Sunshine Law.  The Brown Act applies to public meetings, so it would not be applicable to this issue.  The San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance is an overlay to the PRA, and may providegreater rights of access […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    My Request for City Contract with Towing Company Was Never Answered

    […] must disclose the records "promptly" after identifying whether it does indeed have records responsive to the request. Gov’t Code § 6253(c). If the the city is not meeting these statutory deadlines, you may want to follow up and remind it of its obligations under the Public Records Act to timely respond to PRA requests. […]

    May 16, 2019

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Welcomes Legal Fellow Monica Price

    […] welcome Monica Price as its next legal fellow. In this role, Price will work directly with journalists and others to help them access public records and government meetings, while also contributing to a range of First Amendment and open-government litigation. "We are thrilled to welcome Monica to the team," said FAC Executive Director David […]

    July 22, 2021

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing police documents

    […] list in a chart format, on a monthly basis, the number of citations issued, arrests made, etc. for the department.  This form is made available at public meetings and to the board of directors of the local community services district of which the police department is part of the district. I want to inspect […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA School Records

    Charter schools and the CPRA

    […] local agency as a full voting member of the governing body of that private corporation, limited liability company, or other entity shall be relieved from the public meeting requirements of this chapter by virtue of a change in status of the full voting member to a nonvoting member. Thus, under the above definition, a […]

    June 14, 2009