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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA FOIA

    Third time no charm: University denies documents, offers no explanation

    The university where I work denied a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request that involved analysis of information that provided justification for a university policy.  After the denial I refined my letter to request specific documents. However, they haven't responded at to my second request, or to a follow up after ten working days had elapsed.

    February 4, 2011

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Senator Lieberman calls for misguided internet censorship, but the marketplace of ideas demands that free speech flourish.

    […] Lieberman calls for misguided internet censorship, but the marketplace of ideas demands that free speech flourish. By Kelly Dunleavy On May 19th, Senator Joe Lieberman sent a letter to the CEO of Google, with copies to many major newspapers, demanding that Google remove videos that feature Islamic extremists, or are produced by terrorist organizations, […]

    June 3, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records CPRA Police Records

    Denied access to supervision records of high-risk parolee

    Message I'm trying to obtain records of supervision for a high-risk parolee who is accused of murder. I sent a public records request and received a rejection letter that cites dozens of government codes in its defense. But I wonder if there's a way to fight that rejection. After all, that information has become […]

    November 30, 2011

  • Posts

    FAC Requests John Ortega, Orange School Board President, Retract Statement About Recall Effort

    Today, FAC sent the following letter to John Ortega, President of the Orange Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education, asking him to retract a comment he made at the January 18 school board meeting. At that meeting, Ortega, referring to certain flyers related to a recall campaign of two school board members that […]

    February 6, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Sheriff refuses access to complaint

    […] plus any correspondence that is related to my complaint. I lost my file in this matter and am trying to recoup. I have sent the sheriff two letters but he refuses to comply with my request. could you please advise me as what to do now. There was a lot of controversy concerning the […]

    January 10, 2012

  • Posts

    FAC To LAPD: Police Bodycam Footage is a Public Record and Must Be Released

    […] all bodycam footage as exempt from disclosure under the so-called "investigative records" exemption to the California Public Records Act's broad disclosure requirements. As FAC explains in its letter to the Commission, which you can read below, the department's blanket no-disclosure policy cannot be reconciled with the mandates of the California Public Records Act, which […]

    June 8, 2017

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Regulations on public comment

    […] 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 […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to rezoning information

    […] sent in any particular matter.  Additionally, the PRA gives an agency 10 days to respond to a request.  Gov't Code Section 6253( c). A sample PRA request letter can be found on CFAC's website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. Here, in order for your request to cover the material you are seeking, it may […]

    June 14, 2009

  • 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

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Obfuscating Mercy: How the California Supreme Court Finally Addressed Secretive Pardons

    […] file, often hundreds of pages long, to the Supreme Court. The file may contain the applicant’s prison records, a recommendation from the Board of Parole Hearings, and letters of support from the community.Related articles: Op-ed: Gov. Newsom Should Commit to Transparency in Clemency Process (David Snyder, Sacramento Bee) Gov. Jerry Brown's Pardon of Former […]

    September 17, 2021