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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Duplication fees for non-paper records

    […] say that the District Counsel has supported them in this regard.  My understanding is that only "direct costs" or statutory costs can be applied to "easily accessible records" (in this case simply making a CD copy of board meetings on their computer). I estimated that the cost of one blank CD is about 60 […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Latest News

    Blog Cases

    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 […]

    February 15, 2013

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    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 […]

    February 6, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records CPRA

    How Do I Submit CPRA Requests to a CA County Court?

    Does a court, judge and/or legal research attorney need to comply with a CPRA request? How can citizens format a CPRA request to view or obtain access to ALL records: electronic files, emails and texts from all devices? Should separate requests be filed for state & county agency?  Is there a clean format to avoid delays?

    June 15, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Latest News

    Blog

    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 […]

    August 22, 2009