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    Gov Brown, Veto SB 1300. Ostensibly about oil refineries, SB 1300 threatens public access rights.

    […] access to a competitor's information. Ordinary citizens certainly won't be able take this risk. News media certainly won't take this risk. The PRA will simply be a dead letter so far as oil company records on refineries are concerned. Some may say these changes to existing law, while terrible, are not such a big deal […]

    September 9, 2014

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    The ongoing push for police transparency 

    […] the new laws.David Loy, FAC Legal Director The First Amendment Coalition is dedicated to enforcing the transparency and accountability promised by these laws. Recently, we sent two letters to law enforcement agencies demanding compliance with their duties of public disclosure. Both letters were sent to enforce public record requests made by Tasha Williamson, president […]

    May 18, 2022

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    Press Rights

    San Bernardino County Sheriff Finally Releases Videos of Shootout After FAC Demanded Full Disclosure

    […] that Savannah may have participated in shooting at the deputies. For almost 18 months, the sheriff’s department refused to release the recordings. Only after FAC sent a letter demanding release in December 2023 did the department finally disclose them on March 29, 2024. As reported in this story by Scott and Sam Levin, the […]

    April 4, 2024

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    CPRA

    Are blueprints of public buildings public under the CPRA?

    […] and was told I could not do that and that I should know better. The permit tech said they are under copyright and I must have a letter from the entity that drew the plans and the owner of the building in order to do anything other than view them live. According to everything […]

    May 20, 2015

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    CPRA Police Records

    Can I access history of code violations using the CPRA?

    […] an agency to withhold "Records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes." Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these […]

    June 4, 2013

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    The First Amendment protects journalists using Snowden’s documents. But what about Snowden?

    […] and to take steps to open some national security decision-making to public scrutiny. These are positive and important developments. If it also turns out that Snowden is correct that his disclosures have not  harmed American security interests---and time will tell whether he is correct about that---then, frankly, he will be seen as an American […]

    October 22, 2013

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    CPRA School Records

    Many Colleges Denying My CPRA Request for Title IX Report

    […] college in California. Several community colleges are denying my request using FERPA, which the US DoE said does not apply to investigation reports in a Dear Colleague letter. Other schools are charging absurd amounts of money ($800-$2500) for the documents. Others are citing attorney client privilege and other aspects of the CPRA act. Every […]

    November 7, 2018

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    FAC, ACLU, Fresnoland Demand Fresno City Council Stop Secret Budget Negotiations

    […] the same issue year after year, as Fresno’s budget committee has done, it’s a standing committee, not an "ad hoc" body, as the city has contended. Our letter demands that Fresno must immediately stop ignoring open government law and begin holding budget committee meetings in compliance with the Brown Act, or the city may […]

    September 6, 2023

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    CPRA

    Records retention and PRA

    […] would seem that by deleting any records that were specifically requested by a member of the public, the agency could be potentially violating both the spirit and the letter of the PRA.  Additionally, "hen a member of the public requests…a copy of a public record, the public agency…shall… (1) Assist the member of the public to […]

    April 26, 2016

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    CPRA

    Records involving peace officers

    I submitted a CPRA request to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and received some satisfaction. There are some items I have not heard about yet. I was denied on the following items:1) List of the positions (job titles), basic responsibilities, and site locations held by Lt. during his entire employ at the Department […]

    June 14, 2009