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First Amendment

How are non-print media regulated in schools?

[…] or Section 2 of Article I of the California Constitution. 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.

August 25, 2011
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CPRA

Using the CPRA to access list of alcoholic beverage licensees

[…] to whether business email addresses which are provided to the ABC-California by alcoholic beverage license applicants are subject to disclosure under the provisions of the California Public Records Act? And if, so, how can we obtain a list of all alcoholic beverage licensees in the State of California which include the following: (1) The name of […]

June 13, 2016
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Brown Act CPRA

City Attorney says legal analysis is a CPRA exemption

[…] privilege.) It does not seem that the law guarantees you access to the record. 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 10, 2013
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CPRA

How do I challenge the results of a public records act request?

I am working with a community organization that has filed public records requests with the School District asking for certain data pertaining to enrollment statistics for a subset of their total population. We have reason so believe that the information they have provided is inaccurate. One indicator, for example, is that they have provided wildly […]

February 10, 2017
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First Amendment

Can Golf Group Nix Magazine Give Away in Parking Lot?

[…] "limited public forums," or areas that traditionally have not been made open to the public, but have become public forums for at least some purposes because the government body that regulates a particular area has made it available for use by the public.In order to restrict speech in a public forum or limited public […]

June 23, 2010
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Brown Act

Public notice and disclosure of existing litigation

Our school district has a closed agenda item with the following sentence. Is this allowed?A) EXISTING LITIGATION(Subdivision (a) of Section 54956.9)Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) the Board will confer with legal counsel concerning existing litigation; disclosure of the case name might jeopardize current settlement negotiations.How can the public comment on a case without […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Printing by public officials

[…] an Express Mail with return receipt requested. Or can I type up a letter with attachments, make a copy of same and hand deliver to whatever county government office is appropriate, then ask for a date stamp on my copy. We do not have a lot of money and since most of the county […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Minutes and closed sessions

My question is: Must the minutes reflect a teleconference with the board's attorney to otherwise justify a closed session under 54956.9 that does not state that the attorney was present at the meeting in the minutes? Also, if the minutes are simply in error and there actually was a teleconference with the attorney, would […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Internal audit reports and the CPRA

[…] open session. These reports are not made available during the meeting when requested. These reports are not available for inspection when requested. When I requested the reports, I was told the internal audit reports are not Public Records. I require guidance on possible reason/s these reports would not be subject to either Brown or PRA.

June 14, 2009
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FOIA

Foreign Officials, Detention, Privacy, and the Freedom of Information Act

[…] that there might be a cover-up and complicity to help the official evade the Philippine justice system. The question is: what can be done to have concerned government agencies release information about the official, why the visa was revoked, and why the official continues to be detained at a Detention Center, and why the official […]

June 14, 2009