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The Bryan Carmody Story In-Depth

[…] try to batter down his front gate. Guns drawn, officers placed Carmody in handcuffs for hours while they raided his home and office, seizing a trove of electronic devices and other materials. The raid, part of an investigation into the leak of a police report on the death of San Francisco Public Defender Jeff […]

September 3, 2019
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Governor Brown decides fate of open-government bills

[…] to prisoners that has been passed by the legislature only to be vetoed by the governor. (Actually, four governors). SB 1002: Bill to require agencies to provide electronic records in an open, searchable format. Governor Brown vetoed this bill, introduced by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco). The bill’s original intent was to require agencies to […]
October 12, 2012
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Victory: California Appeal Court Orders Records Unsealed

[…] issued an important opinion affirming the public's right of access to court records. The Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles sided with FAC and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, finding that records in a civil case had been improperly hidden from the public. A unanimous three-judge panel cited the common law and constitutional […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
April 15, 2020
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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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California Supreme Court Stops Cities From Charging Steep Fees for Video Redactions

The California Supreme Court today issued an opinion preventing government agencies from charging the public for editing and compiling police body camera footage and other electronic records before the records are released. The First Amendment Coalition and the California News Publishers Association filed an amicus brief in the case, National Lawyers Guild v. City of […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
May 28, 2020
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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
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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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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
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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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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