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CPRA First Amendment Police Records

Police say daily crime logs can’t be released to the public

[…] issued. The log is maintained by a patrol officer for 24-hour periods between 4 a.m. and 4 a.m. and through CPRA request have successfully obtained past logs electronically in .doc or .pdf format. However, the department Public Information Officer (PIO )has refused to provide the daily log when requested claiming they need to be […]

June 17, 2016
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LAPD’s use of “Stingray” cell-phone monitoring tool revealed by FAC public records request

[…] judicial authorization for deployments of the Stingray, it is not clear whether the judges or magistrates are given complete or accurate information about the scope of the electronic "searches" they are approving. This issue has figured prominently in a criminal prosecution in federal court in Texas involving FBI use of a Stingray. For more […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
February 15, 2013
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FAC Fights Unprecedented Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K From Records Requester

[…] type of fee recovery." FAC and the ACLU are joined in the brief by Californians Aware, the California News Publishers Association, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Los Angeles Times and the McClatchy Company, which publishes the Sacramento Bee, among other publications. Read the full amicus brief here. For further […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
February 6, 2018
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CPRA

Costs soar for City Council meeting DVDs

I know that cities cannot charge for staff time when it comes to making photocopies in public records requests. Does this extend to DVDs as well? It appears we are being charged staff time, so DVDs now cost $18each. Previously I was able to get them free by bringing in a blank DVD disc, […]

September 5, 2011
Cases

City of Gilroy v. Superior Court

Coalition argues the California Supreme Court should reverse a decision holding that the California Public Records Act does not authorize a court to grant a remedy beyond ordering disclosure of specific records and does not require agencies to retain records sought by members of the public.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
December 20, 2023
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Newsgathering

Can police videotape me in my home without consent?

[…] to be confined to the parties thereto."). (a) Every person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, by means of any electronic amplifying or recording device, eavesdrops upon or records the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another […]

December 2, 2011
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Newsgathering

Can police use hidden cameras to videotape the public without consent?

[…] to be confined to the parties thereto."). (a) Every person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, by means of any electronic amplifying or recording device, eavesdrops upon or records the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another […]

October 26, 2011
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CPRA

Using CPRA to learn rules governing Resort Improvement District #1

[…] is subject to a few exceptions. Potentially applicable in your case is that upon request an agency is required to compile and extract information maintained in an electronic database. See Govt. Code section 6253.9. Note, however, that if computer programming is required for the compilation or extraction of data, the costs of programming can […]

July 22, 2013
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Government officials use personal email and texting to avoid public access laws. Why not use technology to enhance accountability instead of to subvert it?

[…] by representatives of unions and other special interests. The former San Bernardino County Assessor, who was arrested on drug charges and is under grand jury investigation, used electronic messaging on personal cell phones to direct his staff in partisan political activities, according to a report of an independent investigation commissioned by the county. The […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
August 22, 2009
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FAC Helps Defeat Effort by School District to Recover Nearly $500K in Attorneys Fees From Records Requester

[…] Brazil had done. FAC and the ACLU were joined in their amicus brief by Californians Aware, the California News Publishers Association, the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Los Angeles Times and the McClatchy Company. Here's yesterday’s order And the briefing filed by FAC and the ACLU here: Amicus Brief Reply […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
April 11, 2018