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  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    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 […]

    April 11, 2018

  • Latest News

    FAC News Press Release

    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 […]

    November 27, 2017

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    Coalition Urges Compliance with California Public Records Law Amid COVID-19 Crisis

    […] signatory). MEDIA CONTACTS: First Amendment Coalition David Snyder [email protected] Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Chapter Freedom of Information Committee [email protected] 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 […]

    March 23, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    The CPRA and the San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance

    […] to use other means to contact like the Florida Gov Website footer which says: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I access data on corporations audited by the state?

    […] audited and the time period of each audit" rather than just asking "Which corporations were audited and when?" That being said, if the records are in an electronic format such as a database, the Public Records act does require that the requested information be compiled and extracted from the electronic resource. Govt. Code section […]

    July 15, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How does the CPRA deal with emails between elected officials

    Can email sent by a California Special District elected official to other directors or the district office concerning district business be subject to examination using the Public Records Act? Would it make a difference if he used his personal computer to send an email to another elected official?

    August 21, 2010