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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Former State Employees and the CPRA

    […] seek. In order to formally request a public record, you should request in writing the specific records you seek.  Please see the following link for a sample letter we have provided for this purpose: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.  The agency can take up to 10 days to provide copies of the records or inform you of its […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    Social Media

    Facebook comments deleted from Senator’s page

    […] an office newsletter that he used to communicate with his constituents, and that newsletter published letters to the editor, he would not be obliged to publish every letter he received. As the creator of the newsletter he would have editorial control over what to publish -- his selection of what to publish would essentially […]

    May 20, 2013

  • Posts

    Press Rights

    FAC Supports Bill that Would Reopen California Prisons and Jails to Journalists

    […] to the press since the mid-1990s, during the state’s tough-on-crime era of Three Strikes laws and through lawsuits challenging unsafe conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter authored by the California News Publishers Association, which is a co-sponsor of the bill along with the California Broadcasters Association, a coalition of 12 open-government and […]

    March 1, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Foreign Officials, Detention, Privacy, and the Freedom of Information Act

    […] for seeking records related to INS adjudications.  You may also find the State Department's FOIA resources at http://foia.state.gov/AboutFOIA.asp useful. If the FOIA request is dismissed, agencies typically allow for an administrative appeal (usually a letter to the head of the agency).  If the administrative appeal is unsuccessful, appeal to the courts is a final possibility.

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    Shasta County Repeals Illegal Fee Law Following FAC and ACLU Demand

    […] barrier to transparency and accountability in government. After an investigation by FAC and ACLU, the organizations, representing news outlets Shasta Scout and the Record Searchlight, sent a letter to Shasta County to repeal its ordinance. Before the letter was sent, Shasta County had billed the Record Searchlight $1,200 to fulfill a request for records […]

    May 22, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing bids for public contracts

    […] tell from your email whether you have already submitted a written demand for the bids, but, if not, here is a link to a sample PRA demand letter on CFAC's website: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ If you have already done this and gotten a written response (as required) citing Times-Mirror as the excuse for withholding the information, […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Firestorm started by Vietnamese newspaper shows both owners and demonstrators in need of free speech remedial training

    […] that is the right and obligation of all credible news organizations. Subscriber response may range, depending on the gravity of the offense, from a flurry of angry letters-to-the-editor, to a the offending article blizzard of emails and faxes, demands for retraction, and calls for readers to cancel their subscriptions. Normalcy usually returns after a […]

    June 3, 2009

  • Posts

    FAC Supports AB 1758 to Limit Cost of Courts Records in California 

    FAC supports Assembly Bill 1758, which would reduce barriers to public information by prohibiting California courts from charging unreasonable fees to search, view or download electronic records on court websites. Read our joint letter with the California News Publishers Association in support of AB 1758. You can track the bill's status on the California Legislature's website.

    April 14, 2023