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EFF and ACLU Staffers Win 2017 FAC Award for Work on Public Access to Police Surveillance Records

The First Amendment Coalition is proud to announce the recipients of its 2017 Free Speech & Open Government Award are Jennifer Lynch and Dave Maass of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Peter Bibring of the American Civil Liberties Union-Southern California (ACLU), selected for their joint work to bring accountability and transparency to the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 27, 2017
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Coalition Urges Compliance with California Public Records Law Amid COVID-19 Crisis

[…] signatory). MEDIA CONTACTS: First Amendment Coalition David Snyder fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Chapter Freedom of Information Committee spjnorcalfoi@gmail.com Californians Aware California News Publishers Association Electronic Frontier Foundation First Amendment Coalition League of Women Voters California Open Vallejo Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press San Diego Pro Chapter of the Society […]
- Public Records
March 23, 2020
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Is a recorded message on a voicemail considered private?

[…] expect that such messages will be recorded. For example, California's Eavesdropping Law, Cal. Penal Code section 632 makes it a crime to listen to or record by electronic means any "confidential communication" unless one one has the consent of all parties the the "confidential communication." The law defines "confidential communication" to mean: "any communication […]

January 9, 2013
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Brown Act CPRA

Community College Senate, Listservs, and Public Record

[…] pedagogical issues surrounding the faculty. Currently, around 80 faculty out of the 400 employed are subscribed to the listserv and are able to send and receive messages electronically to/from the whole group. Among the subscribers is a quorum of the college's Academic Senate. Before subscribing, even just to receive messages, one must go through […]

June 14, 2009
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2007 Open Government Legislative Roundup: Some successes and some failures

[…] and presentation documents to be fully functional in a variety of applications, whereas documents for the current standard, Microsoft Office, are typically only fully functional in Microsoft Office. Advocates of the bill claimed it would reduce the costs of archiving electronic documents and would have improved access to public documents requested in an electronic format.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 3, 2009
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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
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Brown Act CPRA

Request denied for fire district celebration guest list

[…] records in their possession, as opposed to compiling information to answer a specific question. However, if the information related to the dinner attendees was maintained in an electronic database, and the association is indeed subject to the Public Records Act, then it may be that under Gov’t Code section 6253.9, the association would be […]

August 16, 2013
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CPRA

Unreasonable Fees for Access

The county keeps a database of records that are computer printouts of companies who have valid permits, and these lists used by their staff daily. They are not custom made for the public, and other counties post these lists on their website at no charge. In addition, the County requires a written request and […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Does an email search qualify as “data compilation” under CPRA?

[…] two specific situations, i.e.: (1) In order to comply with the provisions of subdivision (a), the public agency would be required to produce a copy of an electronic record and the record is one that is produced only at otherwise regularly scheduled intervals. (2) The request would require data compilation, extraction, or programming to […]

April 25, 2016
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CPRA

Can I Obtain A Copy of A Zoning Complaint Filed Against Me?

[…] compel a written response.Written CPRA requests are fairly straightforward but typically ask for categories of records that include, but are not limited to, correspondence, emails, notes, memorandums, electronic records, etc. After the request is received, the agency will have 10 days to respond to the request, though it may claim an additional 14 days under […]

August 11, 2020