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Is a recorded message on a voicemail considered private?

[…] the communication may reasonably expect that the communication may be overheard or recorded. " 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.

January 9, 2013
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CPRA

Direct Costs of Copying

The statute is California Government Code section 6253(b). A court has held that "direct cost" generally does not include search and retrieval time. North County Parents Organization v. Dep't of Education, 23 Cal. App. 4th 144, 146 (1994). "Direct cost" does include maintenance costs and the salary of the clerk for time spent copying […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Agency won’t provide records in electronic format

[…] format, then it should give those files to you in that format. 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.

August 18, 2010
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First Amendment

Collecting petitions in public spaces

[…] Soc. for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, 691 F.2d 155, 159 (3d Cir. 1982), citied in H-CHH Associates v. Citizens for Representative Government, 193 Cal. App. 3d 1193, 1220-21 (1987) (allowing shopping center subject to Pruneyard to ban monetary solicitation as a reasonable time, place and manner regulation). As […]

June 14, 2009
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FOIA

Making an FOIA request regarding border security

[…] Coalition: http://www.nfoic.org/states The FOIA Project (Transactional Records Action Clearinghouse): http://FOIAproject.org 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.

October 25, 2011
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Brown Act

Serial Meetings

June 14, 2009
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Police Records

Can A Request for A Code Enforcement Complaint Be Denied?

[…] typically not actionable. 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

January 26, 2018
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CPRA

CPRA request for state agency’s contracts granted, but price-tag redacted

[…] applies to the specific contract amount information you seek. 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. Public Records Act(text)

March 25, 2013
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Newsgathering

Can I use audio clips of solicitors refusing to be interviewed?

[…] it would not seem that anything they say could be remotely construed as "confidential." 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.

May 12, 2014
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Brown Act First Amendment

Bundling agenda action items silences public input

[…] useful information pertaining to the Act, on the FAC's web site http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-meetings/. 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.

September 17, 2010