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    Court Records

    CA Supreme Court denied my petition and I demand the right to know why

    […] the courts. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and freedom of speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representations. I apologize for the long delay in responding to your inquiry.

    April 13, 2012

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    First Amendment Social Media

    Blocked and Bullied by City Council Member

    […] might find helpful. 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

    Does the CPRA consider an email database public and disclosable?

    […] correspondence between the agency and business members to discuss information relating to the public. 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.

    March 11, 2017

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    CPRA First Amendment

    How can I get around the CPRA “catch-all” exemption?

    For background purposes, Government Code section 6255(a) of the Public Records Act, known as the "catch-all" exemption, is typically invoked by governmental agencies when no other exemption applies.This exemption states that in order to justify withholding a record, the agency must show that "on the facts of the particular case the public interest served […]

    October 19, 2011

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    CPRA

    Public official salaries and the CPRA

    […] finding, noted that compensation information may not be subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. However, this case dealt only with rank-and-file employees, and the public entities involved in that case explicitly agreed to disclose compensation information for their higher-ranking public employees.  In a later case, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Public Comment at meetings, Campaigning, and Freedom of Speech

    It sounds like you are familiar with Section 54954.3 of the California Government Code (reproduced below), which provides that bodies subject to the Brown Act shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to address the body on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Providing Requestor’s Name, Personal Information

    […] agency may need to know where (and to whom) to send the records. In addition, if the agency is attempting to determine whether to withhold records under Government Code section 6255, on the ground that the public interest in non-disclosure clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure, it may want to know who is […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Proprietary information in the public record

    […] does not meant the copyright in that painting would pass into the public domain. That said, it is also true that in some instances city's will information entities and individuals submitting proposals -- such as architectural design proposals for a new building -- that the drawings included in those proposals will become part of […]

    June 14, 2009