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First Amendment

Can teacher lose job if student-survey questions school board policy?

[…] member would not be protected, it is not clear how the kind of communications you describe would constitute libel or slander. With respect to your second questions, government regulation of employee speech implicates First Amendment issues and is sometimes unconstitutional. The question usually boils down to the "‘balance between the interests of the , […]

June 5, 2010
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CPRA

Records request denied due to ongoing investigation

[…] retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics," Gov't Code section 6252(e) -- are presumed to be open to the public and must be disclosed unless a specific provision of the Act or other law exempts them from disclosure. The first question, therefore, is whether any "writing" exists pertaining […]

June 5, 2010
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How much can I spend advertising against a ballot measure?

[…] that expenditures must be reported once specified monetary thresholds are reached. Governor Gray Davis Com. v. American Taxpayers Alliance, 102 Cal. App. 4th 449, 461 (2002). Under Government Code § 82013, a "committee" is defined as "any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions […]

July 7, 2010
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CPRA

SF Unified School District Records

Can you please direct me to the correct California Public Records Act form I need to use to obtain records from the San Francisco Unified School District? Do I also need to submit a US FOIA request as well or is a CPRA request sufficient? Are there applicable administrative remedies that need to be […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Public records request run around from housing authority

I am not aware of any exception to the public records act for either payment of performance bonds or government contracts in general. As a general matter, all government contracts will be public records. Indeed, it seems here that the Housing Authority is not claiming otherwise. It merely is delaying the release of the […]

May 24, 2013
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CPRA

Local School District Records

Can you please direct me to the correct California Public Records Act form I need to use to obtain records from a School District? Do I also need to submit a US FOIA request as well or is a CPRA request sufficient? Are there applicable administrative remedies that need to be exhausted, ie, the […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Minutes to be Approved Made Public

If minutes are to be approved at a Committee meeting that is a Brown Act Committee, do the minutes need to be available to the public 72 hrs prior to the vote- or at the very least, the same time they are given to the committee members?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Information on Running for City Clerk

[…] Clerk elected position and all city laws that apply to run for City Clerk elected position." The city attorney responded back saying: The City will not be complying with your records request of the above date. The California Public Records Act requires that the City provide the public with properly requested "records". The issues […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

DA Office Complaint Records

[…] those records. Under the CPRA, records in the possession of public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's enumerated exceptions to disclosure applies. Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows law enforcement agencies to withhold, among other things, records of complaints and investigatory records. […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Can we compel our non-profit hospital to share financial information with the community?

[…] is up to the directors to insist that staff provide this information. 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.

October 21, 2013