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  • 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

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    CPRA

    Filing Complaint under State Audits Guidelines

    […] PRA for the additional records you seek, noting the agency's failure to provide them within the 10-day limit.   You might find language from the sample PRA request letter on the CFAC website (https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ ) useful in preparing your follow-up letter .  You may also want to remind the agency of its obligation to justify […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Requesting Audio Tapes, Time of Response

    […] would violate the PRA and constitute spoliation of evidence.  However, that is no guarantee that the VP won't erase them anyway.  If you decide to go the letter route, I would add in the letter that, if you have not received a copy by next Tuesday morning, Sept. 26, you will have no choice […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Newsgathering

    Dental Board of California & the CPRA

    […] use to assess a licensee. Rather, in the court's opinion, they only applied to those reports that were currently being used to assess licensees. Am I interpreting the law correctly? I would like to appeal the Board's decision, and I would be grateful for any guidance you could offer about how best to go about that.

    April 19, 2016

  • Posts

    Press Rights

    FAC Supports CA Senate Bill 629 to Protect Members of the Press During Protests

    […] of their news gathering activities by law enforcement agencies. FAC, together with the California News Publisher’s Association, California Black Media, Ethnic Media Services and ImpreMedia, submitted a letter in support of Senate Bill 629, which as amended on June 25, 2020, would: ensure an authorized member of the media may enter areas closed off […]

    June 26, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Reporting closed sessions decisions

    […] enforce the Brown Act may be entitled to recover attorneys' fees. Please note, however, that there are strict deadlines for enforcing the Brown Act, including sending a cure-and-correct letter within a certain amount of time.You can find more information about the Brown Act, including enforcing the Act, at the FAC web site (http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-meetings/) Access […]

    June 5, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Brown Act and statute of limitations

    […] for injunctive relief is quite short.  Please note that before suing for injunctive relief, you are required to make a written demand that the legislative body " cure or correct" the action.  Cal. Gov't Code section 54960.1(b).  Generally speaking, the demand must be made within 90 days from the date the action is taken […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    SF Unified School District Records

    Can you please direct me to the correct California Public Records Act form I need to use to obtain records from the San Francisco Unified School District? Do I also need to submit a US FOIA request as well or is a CPRA request sufficient? Are there applicable administrative remedies that need to be […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    City Surveillance Cameras and Public Records 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. Gov't Code section 6254(f)." It is unclear from your email whether these surveillance cameras are maintained by the city's police department […]

    November 20, 2009