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    FAC Seeks Nominations for 2014 Free Speech & Open Government Award

    […] Annual Winter Meeting of the California Press Foundation, Dec. 5 in San Francisco. Please send nominations, supported by links to online documents or written materials such as letters and newspaper clippings to explain the nature of the performance, service or activity to be saluted, its context and its consequences. Self-nominations are encouraged. (Don't be […]

    October 9, 2014

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    CPRA

    Request for advisory committee’s documents denied

    […] itself -- is only "open" during its meetings, and that is when records will be made available for inspection under the Act, seems contrary to both the letter and the spirit of the Act. Since this board was formed under the city planning department, it would seem that the office hours kept by the […]

    August 3, 2011

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing Police Reports on Investigations

    You may be able to obtain the information you seek by making a request under the California Public Records Act ("CPRA").  Under the CPRA, records in the possession of public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's enumerated exceptions to disclosure applies. Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Sign-in cards for public comment

    […] item" suggests that comment should be allowed before or during each individual item.  Conceivably, a single comment period at the beginning of the meeting could satisfy the letter of the law, but the Act seems to have been interpreted to provide for comment on each item. See, e.g., Chafee v. San Francisco Library Commission, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    aa-Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and the Brown Act

    […] for closed sessions (items to be discussed must be posted on agenda, requirements for closed sessions must be met, etc). As to your first question, you are correct that in general, public comment must be allowed before or during the Board's consideration of the particular item.  However, Brown Act itself does not contain any […]

    June 14, 2009

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    How Can I Request All Audio and Video of My Arrest?

    […] procedures…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." Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(f). The exemption for "investigatory records" applies "when the prospect of enforcement proceedings becomes concrete and definite."Williams […]

    August 8, 2020

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    CPRA

    Is the list of employees taking voluntary buyouts a public document?

    […] writing, and ask that the district explain any grounds for denial of your request. You can find additional information regarding the Public Records Act, including sample request letters, on the FAC's website here: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/ Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In […]

    August 27, 2010

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    CPRA

    CPRA Exemptions for Drafts

    […] FAC's CPRA Primer - Exemptions. If the City did not mention or cite a specific exemption to the PRA, it may be worthwhile to write a follow-up letter asking for clarification on why certain documents were not produced. To the extent that you believe any documents that should have been disclosed but were not, […]

    April 2, 2018

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    FAC Opposes California Bills that Would Reduce Face-to-Face Accountability

    Legislation Would Make Government More Remote You may have seen the recent editorials sounding the alarms over legislation that would make California government less open and accountable by chipping away at our state's open-meetings laws. Los Angeles Times: It's time for California's public officials to return to work. In person. Mercury News: Stop Two Bay […]

    August 21, 2023