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  • 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

    CPRA

    Agency claims my CPRA requests via email are “not public records act request”

    It should not matter that your request was made in an email versus a hard-copy letter. If your emails were clearly "requests" that "reasonably describe an identifiable record or records," then it seems that the agency is obligated to respond to those requests under the provisions outlined in the Public Records Act. Gov't Code […]

    March 30, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Public comments on water rates closed, item still on agenda

    […] 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 […]

    November 25, 2009

  • Posts

    FAC Urges Merced School Board President to Stop Threatening Speech Rights

    […] made in a board meeting can be actionable as defamation under certain circumstances," before comment periods of its public meetings. FAC Legal Fellow Annie Cappetta sent a letter to Brooks, explaining that this threat violates the First Amendment, as well as California law, which "guarantees absolute immunity for statements made in legislative proceedings such […]

    October 28, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    When should “anticipated litigation” be agendized?

    […] knowledge of this threat would not compromise the City’s ability to negotiate, wasn’t the City Council required to identify the source of the anticipated litigation and to provide the letter(s) from the IRS which raised the issue in the first place? When it was made public it was a complete surprise to the media and public.

    February 3, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can An Agency Extend Response to a CPRA Request Up to Eight Weeks Due to Covid?

    […] open to public scrutiny." You can learn more about the First Amendment Coalition’s efforts to promote government transparency despite Covid-19 here on this website, which includes a letter dated March 23, 2020 in which the First Amendment Coalition urges compliance with the CPRA amid the Covid-19 crisis. In the letter the First Amendment Coalition […]

    April 21, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    How can I stop city from violating Brown Act during budget meetings?

    The city is having a budget meeting. The printed budget is over 500 pages and is divided into department sections. The Mayor prohibits public comment by department, instead he only permits public comment at the end of each day's meetings, and then the public is limited to three minutes. I believe this is a Brown […]

    November 14, 2014

  • 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

    Brown Act

    Did City Violate Brown Act With This Switch of issue Decided During Closed Session?

    […] statement should have happened in open session. The remedy for any improper action taken by the legislative body in closed session would be to demand that it cure and correct that action. Under the Brown Act, such a demand must be sent to the legislative body in writing within 90 days of the action. […]

    November 29, 2018

  • Latest News

    Blog

    California AG Xavier Becerra and the Thick Blue Wall of Police Secrecy

    […] who have been convicted of crimes. They received that list from theCommission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Then, after receiving the list, those reporters got a letter from the Attorney General issuinga not-so-veiled threatof "legal action" if the journalists did not return the list. The Attorney General’s letter threatened: "You are hereby on […]

    March 6, 2019