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    CPRA

    Agency claims my CPRA requests via email are “not public records act request”

    In response to an emailed request for public records, the local agency responded that my "series of emails were not a public records act request." In turn, they withheld the requested information. Of course, it could be that I've been not asking for the right thing in the appropriate way?  I've been requesting information […]

    March 30, 2012

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    CPRA

    What penalties have local governments faced for violating the CPRA?

    I'm developing program to teach our office staff how to handle PRAs, and am looking for some examples of local governments, preferably in California, that have been penalized for not abiding by the terms of the law.  Is a lawsuit the only way to remedy it?  Can you share any examples?

    September 16, 2015

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    CPRA

    Request for advisory committee’s documents denied

    […] request, then the response should set forth the basis for the denial. Holme Roberts & Owen 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.

    August 3, 2011

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    Brown Act School Records

    My statement was inaccurately depicted in published minutes

    […] laws that would require the board to take any action. 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.

    December 6, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    A Board member vs. public member rights under PRA

    […] have requested information from our fire chief (e.g. audio/video recording of board meetings, copies of invoices) and I have been told that as a board member I must follow different rules then the public. I have been told I must make my request in writing to the board chair, and then he would put […]

    March 23, 2016

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    Brown Act Newsgathering

    Closed sessions, labor negotiations, and disclosure of outcome

    […] meeting where the City Council voted to replace the city's police department with county Sheriff's services. A number of opponents to this move have suggested that the Brown Act was violated when the council met in closed session to call for the Sheriff's proposal under the heading of labor negotiations, and did not report […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Are blueprints of public buildings public under the CPRA?

    […] of the screen and was told I could not do that and that I should know better. The permit tech said they are under copyright and I must have a letter from the entity that drew the plans and the owner of the building in order to do anything other than view them live. […]

    May 20, 2015

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    CPRA

    Can An Agency Extend Response to a CPRA Request Up to Eight Weeks Due to Covid?

    […] seeks disclosable public records, the agency shall state the estimated date and time when the records will be made available.") In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some government agencies in California have stopped processing requests made under the CPRA. The First Amendment Coalition takes the position that there is no legal basis for that […]

    April 21, 2022

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    Behind the Headlines: How the San Francisco Chronicle revealed the deadly toll of misdiagnoses and delayed care in ICE detention

    […] They're not automatically released like the detainee death reports are. We put in a FOIA for those. We have not even received a response from the federal government about that. Ko Lyn: In 2024, an organization called American Oversight, working with the ACLU, litigated for these mortality reviews – for every death from 2017 […]

    August 5, 2026

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    Press Release

    FAC and FIRE Demand LA City Council end policy banning certain words during public comment

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: [email protected] LOS ANGELES — The Constitution forbids the government from banning words. But the Los Angeles City Council doesn’t seem to understand. In a recent move, the council banned the words "cunt," "nigger," and any of their "variations" during public comment periods at public meetings — words that, however offensive […]

    July 23, 2026