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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Surveillance cameras and the CPRA

    […] tapes under the California Public Records Act (PRA). You can click on this link to get a template for such a request from the CFAC website:  http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/ In your written request, you should remind the SJPD that they should make sure they preserve a copy of the tapes from that day, and not […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    City avoiding disclosure of personal email

    […] to which you might respond with the arguments above in favor of disclosure. You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Finally, as a former reporter, the fact that council members are using personal emails for official communications may […]

    January 13, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Should school superintendent’s goals be made in closed session?

    […] Eskaton Monterey Hospital v. Myers, 134 Cal. App. 3d 788, 794 (1982); see also Braun v. City of Taft, 154 Cal. App. 3d 332, 340 (1984) ( letters contained in personnel filing appointing and then rescinding appointment of public employee were public records required to be disclosed under Public Records Act since they contained […]

    April 13, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Sheriff Denied My Request For Data From Automated License Plate Readers

    […] 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." However, the exemption for "investigatory records" applies "only when the prospect of enforcement proceedings becomes concrete and definite."Williams v. Superior Court, […]

    January 20, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    What the Brown Act Rules on a Postponing Public Meeting?

    […] And find out what can be done to prevent future instances such as the one I’ve described. This organization has a history of Brown Act violations that go back as far as 2009 and beyond. As an employee I am also concerned that asking them to correct this issue, could put my employment at stake.

    December 13, 2018

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    Blog

    The attacks in Paris are a clarifying moment for freedom of speech

    […] of official tolerance for unpopular viewpoints, Charlie Hebdo would have been banned from the libraries and curricula of our most elite and selective private colleges under politically- correct "speech codes" adopted in the 1980s and 90s (as pointed out by New York Times’ columnist David Brooks.) The First Amendment’s protection of hateful speakers and […]

    January 22, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing public employee timesheets

    […] provision, taking at least 10 days to respond to any request for copies. You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline […]

    August 4, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Enforcement of the CPRA

    As to who enforces the Public Records Act ("PRA"), it is true that the recourse in the event of an improper denial is to sue the agency.  In order to facilitate such litigation, the PRA provides that prevailing parties in PRA litigation are entitled to their attorneys' fees.  Govt. Code § 6259(d) ("The court shall […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Does the PRA apply to community college records

    […] writings are presumed public and must be disclosed on request unless a specific exemption applies. If you make a written request to the community college (a sample letter is available here) it must determine whether the records are subject to the PRA within 10 days of your request, and "promptly notify" you, in writing, […]

    April 12, 2016