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CPRA

Can criminal background checks on county candidates be kept confidential?

[…] are authorized by statute to receive the information. Penal Code section 11076. 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 1, 2013
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CPRA

Can I see the city’s settlement agreement with police officers?

Generally speaking, settlement agreements where one of the parties is a public agency are not exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. See Register Division of Freedom Newspapers v. County of Orange, 158 Cal. App. 3d 893, 909 (1984); Copley Press, Inc. v. Superior Court, 63 Cal. App. 4th 367, 376 (1998). There […]

April 14, 2010
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First Amendment

Student Speech and the First Amendment

[…] and is punishing her for it. They are saying that she was threatening the teacher because in it she said "someone should throw her into the ocean or fuck her." I know that this must be a clear violation of her first amendment rights but no one she's talked to is willing to support her.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Records request denied due to “deliberative process privilege”

[…] am aware, there has been no additional courts to have ruled on the issue. 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.

June 6, 2013
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Is a recorded message on a voicemail considered private?

[…] the communication may reasonably expect that the communication may be overheard or recorded. " 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.

January 9, 2013
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CPRA

Direct Costs of Copying

The statute is California Government Code section 6253(b). A court has held that "direct cost" generally does not include search and retrieval time. North County Parents Organization v. Dep't of Education, 23 Cal. App. 4th 144, 146 (1994). "Direct cost" does include maintenance costs and the salary of the clerk for time spent copying […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Fee to place political campaign signs

[…] communicate their political positions. See City of Ladue v. Gilleo, 512 U.S. 43 (1994). 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.

January 9, 2013
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Police Records

Can A Request for A Code Enforcement Complaint Be Denied?

[…] typically not actionable. 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

January 26, 2018
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Newsgathering

Can I use audio clips of solicitors refusing to be interviewed?

[…] it would not seem that anything they say could be remotely construed as "confidential." 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.

May 12, 2014
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First Amendment Newsgathering

When Can A Newspaper Publish Documents Meant To Be Private?

[…] consists of leaked internal company documents from a disgruntled ex-employee (a notice of tax lien, e-mails, bill collection notices). This is a private company,not a public or governmental entity, so I have no way of independently acquiring or verifying these same documents. Are we within our rights to use the documents in the story? […]

May 29, 2010