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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Sheriff refuses access to complaint

    […] plus any correspondence that is related to my complaint. I lost my file in this matter and am trying to recoup. I have sent the sheriff two letters but he refuses to comply with my request. could you please advise me as what to do now. There was a lot of controversy concerning the […]

    January 10, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Regulations on public comment

    […] 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

  • Posts

    FAC, ACLU Protest LAPD’s Threat of Arrest Against Journalist Lexis-Olivier Ray

    On October 8, FAC and the ACLU of Southern California sent the following letter to the Los Angeles Police Department objecting to LAPD officers' threats to arrest journalist Lexis-Olivier Ray while he was attempting to observe and document the clearing of homeless encampments. The letter states: Mr. Ray was not obstructing any city employees […]

    October 9, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to rezoning information

    […] sent in any particular matter.  Additionally, the PRA gives an agency 10 days to respond to a request.  Gov't Code Section 6253( c). A sample PRA request letter can be found on CFAC's website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. Here, in order for your request to cover the material you are seeking, it may […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to Coroner’s Files

    I sent the following request to the LA County Coroner's office, asking for information. Their refusal to cooperate is reproduced after my original letter. Am I entitled to any of the information I requested?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    School Board Closed Sessions with Administrators

    […] 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

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Open meeting law and homeowners associations

    […] a lawsuit seeking to void the action taken under Government Code section 54960.1.  However, you must first submit a written notice of alleged violation and demand to cure (typically within 90 days of the meeting at issue), after which the board has 30 days to respond.  Upon expiration of that 30-day period with no […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Rules for public comment at council 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