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Is it normal to receive multiple CPRA extensions for months?

[…] be made available." Govt. Code § 7922.535(a). Therefore, although the CPRA establishes deadlines for an agency’s initial response to a request, it "does not specify when records must be produced to a requesting party." Motorola Communication & Electronics, Inc. v. Department of General Services, 55 Cal. App. 4th 1340, 1349 (1997). In "unusual circumstances," […]

April 24, 2025
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Behind the Headlines: How EdSource Put Sunshine on Policing in California Schools

[…] faced nearly a triple level of blockage on this. With limited exceptions, police in California have very wide discretion to provide nothing under the California Public Records Act, largely because of the investigatory records exemption,* which is very broad and almost never expires. Additionally, schools are subject to educational privacy rules, so what happens […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 14, 2024
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FAC hosts training sessions for the press and public on a variety of open government and First Amendment topics. Below are examples of sessions we offer, which can be conducted virtually or in person, and feature experts in First Amendment, public access, and newsgathering issues. If you would like to bring FAC to your […]

June 12, 2024
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FAC To LAPD: Police Bodycam Footage is a Public Record and Must Be Released

[…] controversies about the police use of force have heightened tensions between the police and the communities they serve. Transparency—the ability of the people to see and know what their government is up to—is essential to the proper functioning of our democracy, including the role police play in it. Bodycam footage is essential to the fundamental right […]
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June 8, 2017
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FAC Joins Coalition Urging SF Mayor to Restore Rights Under Sunshine Ordinance

FAC joined a coalition of media and transparency groups urging San Francisco Mayor London Breed to restore all aspects of the city's open- government ordinance, parts of which she suspended after the city declared an emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic. The letter to Mayor Breed sent Friday, April 17 by the Northern California […]
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April 20, 2020
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FAC, ACLU Urge Temecula School Board and Its President to Halt Free Speech Violations at Meetings

Last week, FAC joined the ACLU of Southern California in demanding that the Temecula Valley Unified School District ("TVUSD") School Board stop trampling on the Brown Act and First Amendment. Since a new majority was elected in late 2022, the board has made a series of controversial decisions including firing the superintendent, banning "critical […]
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August 22, 2023
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Brown vetoes bill limiting cellphone searches by police

[…] was based on the idea that a search of a cellphone is equal in intrusiveness to a search of one's office desk or bedroom. Just as police must have a warrant to search a desk or bedroom, so they should have to get a warrant to search a cell phone. In his veto message, […]
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October 11, 2011
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The First Amendment protects journalists using Snowden’s documents. But what about Snowden?

[…] information, not a journalist who receives leaks. The difference is crucial: in the transaction between source and journalist, constitutional protections extend only to the latter. Specifically, the government is legally powerless to get a court injunction barring a journalist from publishing a story based on leaked information. And post-publication, too, journalists have special protections: […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
October 22, 2013
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The dark side of ‘sunshining’ government data online

[…] sets becoming available, and entrepreneurs building thousands of innovative applications. Then the ill-considered race to slash the Federal deficit started. The Obama Administration agreed to cut e- government initiative funding from $35 million to $8 million. Never mind that Kundra’s programs had already saved taxpayers $3 billion over the past two years. But were […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 29, 2011
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Sunshine Week Event: Inside the Fight for Public Information

Sunshine Week 2021: Join us for a discussion on navigating barriers to public records and fighting for open government Update: Check out the event recap. The coronavirus pandemic has made accessing public information more challenging than ever, with some governments refusing to even respond to requests for public records. Yet news organizations across the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 2, 2021