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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Sign-in cards for public comment

    […] item" suggests that comment should be allowed before or during each individual item.  Conceivably, a single comment period at the beginning of the meeting could satisfy the letter of the law, but the Act seems to have been interpreted to provide for comment on each item. See, e.g., Chafee v. San Francisco Library Commission, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    Free the Hewlett-Packard 5!

    […] bloggers who resisted subpoenas from Apple Computer demanding the name of a company insider who leaked corporate documents containing alleged trade secrets. Lawyers for the bloggers argued, correctly in my view, that Apple should first be required to force its employees to submit to polygraph tests---and only after those fail to ID the leaker […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    University of California Collections

    […] in light of what sounds like decades of unfettered public access to the materials. In any event, unless you already know the basis for the denial, determining that may be the best place to start.  You can find resources to assist you with a written request -- including a sample request letter -- at https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer-2023-update/.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Request for documents on Tax Lien Sale denied. Why?

    […] response. Gov’t Code § 6255(b).There is also no requirement that you provide your name, address, or reason for the request. Gov’t Code § 6257.5.There are sample request letters on the First Amendment Coalition website at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/ As you may already know, the Public Records Act provides that public records including "any writing containing information […]

    October 6, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    How Can I Request All Audio and Video of My Arrest?

    […] procedures…or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes." Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(f). The exemption for "investigatory records" applies "when the prospect of enforcement proceedings becomes concrete and definite."Williams […]

    August 8, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Denied records of homicide investigation

    […] computer report to extract data." Gov't Code § 6253(c). From a practical perspective, it might be useful to follow up your initial request with a written follow-up letter setting out when you made the initial request and describing the subsequent (in)action of the agency. It might be useful to explicitly note the offer of […]

    December 23, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Animal shelters deny CPRA request for names of rescue orgs we want to support

    […] exemption and describing how it applies to the records that you seek).  Gov’t Code 6253(c). You can find more information about the PRA, including a sample request  letter, on the FAC’s website here: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer-2023-update/ Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to […]

    October 16, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Must I pay for copying in advance?

    I recently received a reply to a public records request. I am concerned by a line in the letter that requires advance payment for copies of public records. This is fully reasonable if the agency tells the requestor the amount owed, and requires payment, before the documents are photocopied. However, I just heard a […]

    June 14, 2009

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