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First Amendment Newsgathering Social Media

Are there legal actions to protect community newspaper against harassment, threats?

[…] rights? She slanders me and my boss saying we are tied to developers and that they hand us money. This is so far from the truth. We believe this is action from a core group of city staffers and ex-employees. After we started looking into documents, things started getting weird and scary for my family.

June 11, 2014
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CPRA Police Records

Trying to gain access to police records on musician’s unresolved cause of death

The California Public Records Act, Government Code sections 6250 et seq., generally provides that the records of state and local agencies are open to inspection and copy upon request. As you can imagine, however, there are numerous categories of records excluded from the Public Records Act. Among these exemptions is Government Code section 6254(f), […]

April 13, 2012
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Social Media

Facebook comments deleted from Senator’s page

I am wondering if it is legal or legitimate for a government official, for example a NYS Senator or U.S. Senator, to block me from commenting on what I presume to be their Facebook page that is managed by them or a government employee on government payroll time? I have had this happen to […]

May 20, 2013
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First Amendment

Government has retaliated against me for publicly criticizing the Vets Administration.

I am service connected veteran openly criticizing government officials at the Veterans Administration. By exercising my rights under the constitution I was subjected to a pattern of retaliation from being denied educational benefits, denied requests for information about my vocational rehabilitation records, and denied due process under the 5th Amendment. What can I do?

March 3, 2016
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CPRA

Using Public Records Act to find a school executives’ salaries

[…] may not require that the salary for every single public employee be disclosed. The Court left open the possibility that the privacy interests of a low-paid, low-level government employee might outweigh the public's interest in the information. So, as a general matter, the more significant the employee's duties and the higher the salary the […]

July 19, 2012
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CPRA

CPRA request for disclosure of evidence related to School District misconduct case

[…] to seek counsel to assist you in attempting to get your teaching credential renewed. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

December 12, 2015
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CPRA School Records

What portion of personnel files are exempt from CPRA disclosure?

Exactly what portion of personnel files are exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act? Specifically, I am trying to find out whether our child's public school teacher — who was a probationary employee resigned; was terminated for cause, or was "non-reelected" (no reason required per union contract). Our School District maintains that […]

April 22, 2017
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CPRA School Records

School personnel campaigning on public dime

[…] the public can request public records directly without any legal assistance.California's Public Records Act is designed to allow members of the public inspect documents related to the government's handling of the public business and does not require much at all in the way of formalities.There is not even a requirement that requests be made […]

October 27, 2010
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First Amendment

Law unclear on collecting signatures on private property in California

[…] the scope of what we can provide through this service. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

October 24, 2011
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First Amendment

Can ballot arguments be selected based on political content?

[…] forum, reasonable time, place, and manner regulations are permissible, but restrictions must be "content neutral" (as opposed to "content based") and narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest. Any restrictions must also allow ample alternative channels of communication. Perry Educ. Ass’n. v. Perry Local Educators Ass’n,, 460 U.S. 37, 45 (1983). Content-neutral restrictions are […]

November 10, 2016