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    CPRA

    Coastal Permit access under PRA

    […] and time when disclosable records will be made available. Gov't Code § 6253(c). You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website: Public Records Act Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In […]

    April 29, 2016

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    Detailed guides on open meetings and open records, with sample letters for you to customize.

    June 11, 2024

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    Police Records

    Can A Request for A Code Enforcement Complaint Be Denied?

    […] 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."  Gov. Code, § 6254(f). Though I can’t advise you as to your particular situation, I would observe that, as a general […]

    January 26, 2018

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    Newsgathering

    Audio Recording, Meetings

    […] to the tariffs of a public utility, or (3) to any telephonic communication system used for communication exclusively within a state, county, city and county, or city correctional facility. (f) This section does not apply to the use of hearing aids and similar devices, by persons afflicted with impaired hearing, for the purpose of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Incomplete labor exemption codes within School District closed session agenda

    I have continually requested the agenda labor exemption code be corrected for a closed session in our School District. The full exemption code is 54957.6(a), however they continue to list only 54957, leaving out the .6(a) portion. I believe accuracy would be better for transparency, and I want it to be legal as well. […]

    March 24, 2016

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    Newsgathering

    Can police use hidden cameras to videotape the public without consent?

    […] to the tariffs of a public utility, or (3) to any telephonic communication system used for communication exclusively within a state, county, city and county, or city correctional facility. (f) This section does not apply to the use of hearing aids and similar devices, by persons afflicted with impaired hearing, for the purpose of […]

    October 26, 2011

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    First Amendment Newsgathering

    The DA gives information to other media, but refuses to make it available to our newspaper

    […] situation, too, while covering a state hospital. The public relations liaison decided she did not like questions posed to her by our newspaper, and wrote us a letter stating we would no longer be given access to the hospital or her office. I believe our editors spoke with her about this issue, she came […]

    August 20, 2010

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    CPRA Police Records

    I Called Police About My Loud Neighbors Gathering During COVID. Were These Redactions Lawful?

    […] those involved or the successful completion of the investigation (which was finished on the spot) or related investigation (of which there weren't any). Today I received a letter from one of the city’s off-site attorneys that concludes, "The City Attorney’s office and the Department consider this CPRA request to be closed and will not […]

    January 20, 2021