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    First Amendment

    Ok for court reporter to transcribe mayor’s speech at private-sector event?

    […] meeting, or at the very least, prohibited from transcribing comments. However, there may be other circumstances that I am not aware of that suggest some sort of government sponsorship of this meeting that would require that a higher standard be met in order for transcription equipment to be excluded from the meeting. Even then, […]

    September 14, 2016

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    CPRA

    Can fees be charged for existing electronic/digital records?

    […] for a breakdown of the fees, and how such charges are supported. Bryan Cave 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.

    August 30, 2016

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    CPRA

    Does the CPRA allow use of iPhone to photograph public records?

    […] However, no court of which I am aware has considered the issue. Bryan Cave 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.

    January 9, 2013

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    First Amendment Newsgathering

    City Won’t Add Us to E-mail List

    This is a tricky issue.  Once a government agency decides to release information or an official has chosen to speak to members of the media, it may be unconstitutional to exclude selected news organization or individual journalists from receiving the same information. In addition, differences in the manner in which the information is provided […]

    February 8, 2018

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    CPRA

    How to I get city to admit to under-reporting employee compensation?

    […] employees should generally be public.International Federation of Processional Engineers v. Superior Court, 42 Cal. 4th 319, 331 ("[t]he 'broadly based and widely accepted community norm[]' applicable to government employee salary information is public disclosure"). However, it sounds like you may have obtained the information you requested and are instead considering what action you might […]

    October 22, 2010

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    Is it legal to profit by selling information from public records?

    […] "services" such as mapping, notification alerts, etc. whenever an offender moves in or out of a certain area . AlertID is the service utilized by many local governments and is integrated into their registry websites, but AlertID also apparently offers these services directly to the public. Not surprisingly these companies almost always use scare […]

    September 17, 2013

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police deny request for 911 tape

    […] for old records could saddle them with a heavy financial burden. But in this case, it’s likely the 911 tape is easily accessible. Also, if the case is in fact still ongoing, wouldn’t that constitute contemporaneous police activity? I’d like to sue the LAPD into releasing the information, but do I have any legal standing?

    December 30, 2011

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    CPRA

    Accessing public records on mental health workers

    […] likely aware, the Public Records Act, Govt Code section 6250 et seq., although generally requiring that the public have access to all records of state and local government, contains numerous exemptions. Among these exemptions is Govt Code section 6254(c) which permits an agency to withhold "personnel, medical and similar files," the disclosure of which […]

    June 11, 2013

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    First Amendment

    Collecting petitions in public spaces

    […] Soc. for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, 691 F.2d 155, 159 (3d Cir. 1982), citied in H-CHH Associates v. Citizens for Representative Government, 193 Cal. App. 3d 1193, 1220-21 (1987) (allowing shopping center subject to Pruneyard to ban monetary solicitation as a reasonable time, place and manner regulation). As […]

    June 14, 2009