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CPRA

How to access Health & Safety building layout plans

I need copies of site plans and store layout plans for evidence in a Planning Commission Appeal. I am aware of Health & Safety Code Section 19851 requiring permission from an architect. However, how does the Records Act affect 19851. Is my assumption that the City needs to disclose emails on specific subjects correct?

August 17, 2011
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CPRA

Costs soar for City Council meeting DVDs

[…] ask the city council how it determined its rate for copying DVDs. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to the inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

September 5, 2011
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FOIA

Does Excessive Redaction of FOIA Requested Documents Constitute Censorship?

[…] Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is a federal open records act that provides a mechanism to gain access to public records. The FOIA requires that a government agency produce existing records that are not otherwise exempt. 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2). Under FOIA, there are nine categories of documents that are exempt from disclosure. 5 […]

February 27, 2018
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CPRA

Can I access a deceased relative’s employment records?

[…] 6254(a)–(z). One of these exemptions, § 6254(k), also incorporates confidentiality required by other provisions of state and federal law. Finally, there is a "catch-all" exemption that the government will sometimes invoke if a more specific exemption doesn’t apply. See Gov’t Code § 6255(a). This catch-all focuses on whether the public interest would be best […]

September 12, 2014
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CPRA

Can my access to public records be limited to “by appt. only”?

[…] you in writing, and give any reasons why it has denied your request. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) 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.

August 26, 2016
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First Amendment

Can Craigslist block political free speech?

As you are aware, the First Amendment serves only as a limitation on the government; it does not constrain the activities of private persons and organizations who do not seek to use the government's processes. As such, it does not restrict Craigslist as a private entity from controlling the content of its websites. I […]

March 5, 2012
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CPRA Police Records

Denied request for identities of homicide victims four years after the crime

[…] for the name and date of birth of the victims, but the department says they may not release the info. Do you know if and when they must release that information? Is it when the investigation is complete? And a related question: Does a police department have to show you a case file when […]

November 16, 2014
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Newsgathering

Does Ohio law allow videotaping of council meetings?

[…] my local council meetings and digitally record them on my computer. This seemed to have made a certain councilman angry. My question is, that I consider the act of recording a public council meeting and then airing portions of them on my show to completely legal. Is this legal? And can I also post […]

August 23, 2011
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CPRA

City says it can’t fulfill CPRA request for a month

[…] delay was unreasonable and that litigation was necessary to force the disclosure. 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.

May 10, 2012
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CPRA Police Records

How to access arrest warrants

[…] fingertips, must surely be documented in some way or another. 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.

July 8, 2011