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    CPRA

    Access to names of applicants to official positions

    […] are only asking for the names.  Disclosure of the names alone will not have any deterrent effect.  If it does, these people have no place applying for government positions.  Second, Proposition 59, passed last November, was designed to reverse those two cases I just mentioned.  You can download the language of the proposition and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access to coroner’s report

    I am unaware of any provision of the Government Code relating to coroners and coroners’ records that makes a coroner’s report confidential or precludes public disclosure of the coroner’s records, with the exception of limitations imposed on the disclosure of privileged communications of a decedent obtained by subpoena.  Cal. Gov’t Code § 27491.8. Because […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Private attorney costs to public agencies and attorney-client privilege

    […] information in the retainer, it appears to have been a violation of the Public Record Act to not disclose the amount of the retainer agreement.  See Cal. Government Code section 54957.5(a) (records provided to a Board of Supervisors or other legislative body in preparation for a public meeting are public records that must be […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Does the Brown Act require meeting minutes?

    […] ordinances).  You might want to review the school board’s bylaws for guidance on this issue. 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.

    April 13, 2015

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    CPRA First Amendment Police Records

    CPRA has time limits on public document’s is availability?

    […] criminal cases from the 1970s and '80s. This information pertains to the who, what, when, where, etc. of the cases I'm researching. Based on my reading of Government Code Section 6254(f), the information I'm requesting is not investigatory in nature and is fair game under the California Public Records Act. Moreover, all of the […]

    March 30, 2015

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    CPRA

    Are school district’s attorney fees public records?

    […] "embodies a strong policy in favor of disclosure of public records."  Bernardi v. County of Monterey (2008) 167 Cal.App.4th 1379, 1392–1393.  Ultimately, the burden is on the government agency claiming an exemption to show that an exemption applies.  Additionally any exemptions could likely be overcome by having confidential portions of the invoices blacked out or […]

    April 15, 2015

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    First Amendment School Records

    First Amendment rights on college campuses

    The First Amendment generally applies only to restrictions on speech by government actors; accordingly, the following analysis applies only to public schools, not private institutions. Campus speech involves all sorts of interesting issues, some of which have been addressed by the Supreme Court, and others that have not. In cases involving speech at public high […]

    March 21, 2016

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    CPRA

    CPRA not denied, but never produced by agency

    […] letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website at https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen 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. Access to Records

    February 2, 2011

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    Court Records CPRA

    How Do I Submit CPRA Requests to a CA County Court?

    […] 10.500. 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.

    June 15, 2018