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CPRA

Accessing Government Phone Records

[…] and desk phone records of elected officials are available for review by citizens/news organizations, etc. and that privilege can not be invoked by a municipality or local government to redact the incoming and outgoing phone numbers from those records. Is that correct? If so - where has this been done before? Other than the […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Accessing Court Records and List of Cases

[…] to those documents unless the court has specifically ordered them to be sealed. In order to seal such documents, the party wanting the documents to be sealed must file a motion to seal under California Rules of Court Nos. 2.550 and 2.551 (conversely, if those standards and procedures are not met and/or satisfied, the […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Newsgathering

Accessing 911 Calls and Police Reports

[…] are relying. A sample written request can be found at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ The PRA exemption at issue for the records you seek is found at Government Code section 6254(f), which exempts from disclosure records of law enforcement complaints and investigations. Although this section exempts the records themselves from disclosure, a police agency […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Can I be kicked off advisory committee for blogging about politics?

The First Amendment indeed forbids government officials from retaliating against individuals for speaking out. Blair v. Bethel School Dist., 608 F.3d 540, 543 (9th Cir. 2010). In order to recover for such retaliation, you would have to prove that (1) you were engaged in constitutionally protected activity; (2) as a result, you were subjected […]

March 5, 2012
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First Amendment School Records

First Amendment rights on college campuses

I have run into some First Amendment issues on my college campus. My participation in basic First Amendment activity has resulted in threats of disciplinary action and I also have been denied access to public records. Do First Amendment rights apply to college campuses?

March 21, 2016
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CPRA

FOIA request California State Parks internal investigation

[…] in litigation filed pursuant to this section." Gov’t Code § 6259(d). 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 unless separately retained.

June 1, 2016
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Newsgathering

Rules for Redactions in Florida Public Records

[…] records. Here is a link: You might want to first review this statute to see what it says about exemptions and redactions (see Section 119.07(d), which authorizes government personnel to redact information if the information falls within one of the statute’s recognized exemptions, which begin at section 119.071), as well as enforcement of the […]

June 19, 2018
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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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First Amendment

Government facilities available for public use

The situation you have described does not necessarily constitute a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Supreme Court has ruled that where a government body makes its facilities available for use as a public forum, it cannot discriminate against groups that seek to use the facilities for religious purposes. See […]

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