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New Book Review Board Is Subject to Brown Act, FAC and ACLU Warn

Update 11/13/2023: The city attorney replied and agreed the book review board meetings are subject to the Brown Act. See the letter here. Today FAC and the ACLU of Southern California warned the Huntington Beach City Council that its newly created "Parent/Guardian Book Review Board" is subject to the Brown Act, despite Mayor Pro […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Meetings
November 13, 2023
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More than 100 Organizations and Media Companies Call on Congress to Pass the PRESS Act

With more than 100 media companies and press rights organizations, FAC signed a letter sent to Congress urging both the House and Senate to support the Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act (PRESS Act). The letters note: The PRESS Act, which passed in the House of Representatives on January 18, 2024, would shield […]
- Press Freedom
October 10, 2024
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CPRA School Records

PRA Response Says Records Were Not Found, But I Know They Exist. How to respond?

[…] likely exist because they are referenced in a published news story by the campus paper that the university has not refuted. Despite this, I received a response letter stating that after a search, no responsive records were found. I am writing a response letter and would like to know if there are any relevant […]

May 6, 2019
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FAC News Press Release

Introducing Our Police Transparency Guide

[…] M. Brown Act, the Bagley-Keene Act, both governing public meetings in California, and various sample letters, including one for using the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA letter here). FAC has also published a sample PRA reply letter for use during the coronavirus pandemic, should an agency refuse to comply citing the public health […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
October 6, 2020
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FAC Supports AB 339’s Open Meeting Provisions

FAC stands with a broad coalition of civic organizations backing a measure that would enhance public participation in government meetings in California. Read our joint letters in support of California Assembly Bill 339.

April 1, 2021
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Brown Act

Closed Sessions under the Brown Act

[…] public may seek to void an action taken at such meeting. The requirements for taking such an action require you to seek to have the agency " cure and correct" the action taken at the improperly held meeting, and then bring a lawsuit if they do not. The requirements are very specific, they have […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment Press Rights

FAC, News Groups Protest Santa Ana’s Public Meeting Photography and Recording Policy

Update: On January 30, the city responded and confirmed that the policy will be revised. Today, FAC sent a letter to the City of Santa Ana objecting to the city's new policy regarding photographing, recording, or filming public meetings. The letter was co-signed by the Orange County Press Club, Voice of Orange County, Los […]
- Press Freedom
December 23, 2023
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Brown Act

Objecting to agenda item during meetings

[…] you may seek to void an action taken at such meeting. The requirements for taking such an action require you to seek to have the agency " cure and correct" the action taken at the improperly held meeting, and then bring a lawsuit if they do not. The requirements are very specific, they have […]

June 14, 2009
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Governor signs FAC-sponsored access bill

[…] filed to enforce the public’s right of access to government meetings under the Brown Act and to government information under the California Public Records Act. In a letter urging Governor Schwarzenegger to sign SB 786, California First Amendment Coalition Executive Director Peter Scheer wrote, The (anti-SLAPP) Legislature never meant to expose plaintiffs in litigation […]
- Public Meetings
- Public Records
August 10, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA School Records

Charter schools and the CPRA

[…] approved from past meetings. It has now been more than two weeks and I do not have the minutes, and they have not been added to the website. I would like to know if an attorney could write a letter for me to remind the school to publish these public documents and comply with the law.

July 26, 2013