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    Taxpayers Going Postal Over Public Employee Pensions, Perks. Unions’ miscalculation: Opting for secrecy.

    […] Brown Act to make state and local government more transparent. Because unions enjoyed broad-based political support, efforts to enhance government accountability and responsiveness to voters were seen-- correctly--as benefiting the unions and their members.The public interest and public employees' interests were aligned. But the unions switched strategies. Although the change was gradual, by the […]

    June 11, 2010

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    CPRA

    City Hall withholding excessive water users’ ID info

    […] they be given a scarlet D to wear around their neck in the form of their name in the paper. You can find a sample PRA request letter on the FAC’s website, available at http://ift.tt/1jmHASg. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries.  In […]

    July 14, 2014

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    Court Records CPRA

    How Do I Submit CPRA Requests to a CA County Court?

    […] recommend directing the request to the court’s executive officer, who can then decide who in his or her office should handle the request.  A sample PRA request letter can be found on the FAC’s website here.  Of course, you would want to replace any references to the PRA with references to Rule 10.500. Bryan Cave […]

    June 15, 2018

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    CPRA

    How can I access records regarding college sports’ recruitment?

    […] request so that you are familiar with both the procedure for requesting such records and the scope of the laws. Finally, you can find a sample request letter (for California) on the FAC’s website, which you could adapt to other states as necessary.  As a practical matter, you will also want to think about exactly […]

    July 21, 2016

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    First Amendment Newsgathering Police Records

    How much detail about the incident, offense, or arrest is the public entitled to under the law?

    […] 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. However, state and local law enforcement agencies shall disclose the names and addresses of persons involved in, or witnesses other than […]

    May 25, 2018

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    CPRA

    Public Availability and Destruction of Temporary or Handwritten Notes

    […] suggested that I re-submit a new, formal PRA request asking for the "binder notes" from our County Public Works Director. So, I used aversion of the sample letter provided on cfac.org, as suggested, where it reads: "In any event, please provide a signed notification citing the legal authorities on which you rely if you […]

    June 14, 2009

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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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    First Amendment

    Arrested for using “colorful” language at city council meeting

    […] case, the Court said that the state "may not, consistently with the First and Fourteenth Amendments, make the simple public display here involved of this single four- letter expletive a criminal offense."Id. at 26. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline […]

    December 31, 2010

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    CPRA School Records

    Accessing a public employee’s resume

    […] to remind the agencies of their legal obligation to justify a denial of a records request.  A sample PRA request is available on CFAC's website at: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/. The ultimate recourse under the PRA in the event of an improper denial is to initiate litigation.  It is sometimes helpful to remind the agencies that […]

    June 14, 2009