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CPRA

Can Agencies Be Required to Choose Least Costly Format for Electronic Record Reproduction?

[…] responsive to a CPRA request? Is there case law on that question? Context: I am a frequent requestor of video records from agencies across all levels of government and across the country, under various open records laws. I recently got a Dropbox Business account which allows me to create as many "file request" links […]

November 27, 2018
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CPRA

Does “Deliberative Process Privilege” Allow California governor to Withhold Communications Relating to Voter-Mandated Study?

I submitted a California Public Records Act request to the California Department of Public Health, Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), Gov. Newsom, CA Department of Tax and Fee Administration and Attorney General Xavier Becerra regarding the voter mandated nonprofit feasibility study required by the text of CA Prop 64. I received a response from […]

March 13, 2020
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CPRA

Request For Public Employee W2 Forms Fulfilled, But Heavily Redacted. Are The Redactions Legal?

[…] here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

April 26, 2022
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CPRA Police Records

I Am The Victim of A Crime. Does the CPRA Allow Me Access Police Reports on the Incident?

I reported a crime against my property. I am the victim. The report covered up the crime by identifying me as an Informant. What are my legal rights under Public Records Act to get copies of the reports if I am the victim?

January 9, 2020
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CPRA

County Refusing to Share Mold Report they Say Requires Us to Vacate. How Can We Access that Report?

[…] your request can be found at the First Amendment Coalition’s website here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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.

April 21, 2022
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Government Transparency & Accountability

Ensuring public access to information is essential for the people to know what the government is doing in their name. We advance and defend freedom of information — access to public records and public meetings — through education, policy advocacy and litigation.

July 3, 2024
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FAC Represents Investigative Journalist and New York Times in Public Records Act Lawsuit Against Riverside County

[…] violating state law by refusing to release public records and information sought by investigative journalist Christopher Damien about deaths in jail custody. "When people die in the government’s custody, their relatives and the public have the right to review the government’s investigation of that death," said Damien. "The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has withheld […]

December 5, 2025
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State Food and Agriculture Agency Must Release Bird Flu Records

[…] disclose records requested by California Rural Legal Assistance that would show which dairies have been quarantined. That information is essential to the public’s understanding of how its government is meeting the challenge posed by bird flu. It would also enable targeted outreach to communities most at risk as well as epidemiological research tracking the […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 5, 2025
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Public Records

Wilson v. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

FAC represents student journalist Elizabeth Wilson, who sued Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for violating the California Public Records Act by refusing to disclose public records for more than 18 months. CLOSED
- Government Transparency and Accountability
April 23, 2024
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Public Records

First Amendment Coalition and KQED v. Bonta

[…] exemption of the California Public Records Act, which sometimes allows withholding on the ground that a request imposes an undue burden. However, the court found that the government had not justified invoking the catchall exemption. After the case returned to the trial court, the Attorney General produced some records but withheld others based on […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 12, 2023