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Brown Act

School district denies Brown Act violation. What next?

[…] proper procedures, as provided for in the district's employment guidelines, in terminating your employment. 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.

June 17, 2013
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Brown Act

We’ve requested items added to agenda and been denied. Can they do that?

[…] what kind of internal guidelines the CSD may have adopted. Holme Roberts & Owen 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.

August 28, 2010
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CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

Does the CPRA allow access to mugshots?

[…] some of the information above to persuade the Newport PD to release the photograph. 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.

December 23, 2012
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CPRA

CPRA ten-day deadline for request responses: Is that business days or calendar days?

[…] "business days," then the default is that this is in reference to calendar days. 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.

September 16, 2015
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Brown Act

Urgent meeting scheduled for July 4 seemed to circumvent the public process

[…] strategy may be to direct media and other public attention to the city's actions. 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.

July 13, 2014
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Brown Act

Public Comment Limits Don’t Allow Time To Make Case

[…] meetings, reasonable time, place and manner regulations are permissible, but restrictions must be "content neutral" (as opposed to "content based") and narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest, and must allow ample alternative channels of communication. Perry Educ. Ass’n, 460 U.S. at 45. Content neutral restrictions are those that are both viewpoint and […]

May 29, 2010
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Brown Act

Should school superintendent’s goals be made in closed session?

[…] withheld from public view because they are considered part of the individual's "personnel file." 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, 2012
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CPRA

Agency missed CPRA request deadline

[…] at the FAC's web site at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen 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. Access to Records

October 12, 2010
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CPRA

CPR request denied because it wasn’t submitted on letterhead

[…] on letterhead is not a valid reason for the agency to deny your request. 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.

February 12, 2017
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CPRA

Can I be charged $6000 for staff time needed to find and redact requested records?

[…] the same time empowering what are often those same agencies to set "statutory" fees. That said, the issue has not been resolved by a court, and local governments or agencies may try to argue that a "statutory fee" encompasses fees set by any law-making body, including a local one such as the County. This […]

March 2, 2016