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    Brown Act

    University of California Press

    I am a journalist working on a book about a cult that was active in southern California in the 90s.  As part of my research, I am trying to obtain records from the University of California Press about a book they published.  My hope is to obtain the minutes of the editorial committee meeting […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Boating Accidents and the CPRA

    Under the California Public Records Act, Government Code section 6250 et seq., records maintained by public agencies are presumptively available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies.  In this case, the Sheriff's department is probably relying on section 6254(f), which exempts "records of investigations" as well as "investigatory files."  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Limitation On Public Comments At City Council Meeting

    If a city council establishes a protocol whereby the mayor may unilaterally decide to limit public comments on a topic to no more than 45 minutes, thereby preventing people present who wish to make public comments from speaking, is that compliant with the Brown Act?

    March 3, 2020

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    CPRA

    Report Request Denied Citing ‘Attorney Work Product, Official Info and Deliberative Process Privilege’

    […] disclosure to the public by the attorney work-product privilege (Code of Civil Procedure §2018.030), the official information privilege (Evidence Code §1040), and the deliberative process privilege ( Government Code §6255; Times Mirror Co. v. Superior Court (1991) 53 Cal.3d 1325)." I'd like to get some guidance on this. Would such a report actually fall […]

    November 27, 2018

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    Our Work

    […] of engaged and informed communities is essential to the health of our democracy – that the values expressed by the First Amendment provide a blueprint for an inclusive, equitable society and a responsive, accountable government. To that end, FAC educates, advocates and litigates to protect and promote government transparency and First Amendment protections for all.

    June 11, 2024

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    First Amendment

    Can a school limit a teacher’s speech?

    […] condition public employment on a basis that infringes the employee’s constitutionally protected interest in freedom of expression.’" Garcetti, 547 U.S. at 413. However, "hen a citizen enters government service, the citizen by necessity must accept certain limitations on his or her freedom." Garcetti, 547 U.S. at 418. Typically, whether a government employee’s speech receives […]

    April 1, 2025

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    Why Support FAC?

    […] available and enforced for everyone, irrespective of wealth, politics or access to power. Every day, FAC’s team of First Amendment experts fight for these protections and for government transparency on multiple fronts, bringing our decades of experience to bear by using our model of integrated advocacy—litigation, public education, and policy advocacy—to attack violations of […]

    July 20, 2024

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    Public Records

    San José Spotlight v. City of San José

    […] revelations that Liccardo directed a constituent to contact him on a personal email account to skirt public records laws. "I’m going to delete this email from my government account," Liccardo wrote to the constituent, according to documents obtained and published by San José Spotlight. As San José Spotlight and FAC attorneys told the court, […]

    July 19, 2023

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    FAC to California Judiciary: End Court Secrecy Now

    […] public. Today’s letter is a part of these efforts, and was made possible by support from FAC’s supporters. In addition to open-court advocacy, FAC has worked to combat government secrecy throughout the public-health emergency, speaking out against efforts to weaken freedom-of-information laws, publishing new tools to help the public and press obtain records, and holding […]

    June 15, 2020