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CPRA

Deadline missed for CPRA request. What should we do next?

[…] will be entitled to recover your attorneys’ fees, should you prevail. 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.

October 13, 2015
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CPRA

Powers that be ignored CPRA request. What should I do next?

[…] will be obligated to pay your attorney’s fees. Gov’t Code § 6259. 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.

May 11, 2015
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A searchable database of responses from FAC’s lawyers to previous Legal Hotline questions posed by users like you about their rights under open government laws and the First Amendment. The information you are looking for may be here, but if it is not, please feel free to submit a request to our Legal Hotline.

July 3, 2024
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CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

Can I access driver ID’s from traffic-stop police reports?

[…] seek and see how the police (as well as the court and/or DA) respond. 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 16, 2015
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Brown Act

May I request to have agendas mailed to me?

[…] not exceed the cost of providing the service." Gov't Code section 54954.1. 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 15, 2013
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Brown Act

Brown Act rules for scheduling a meeting

[…] discussions are not a "meeting" for the purposes of the Brown Act. 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 18, 2013
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Newsgathering

Two-weeks notice before campus photographers can take pictures in bookstore

[…] National Press Photographers Association (www.nppa.org) to see if they have encountered it. 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 22, 2013
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Newsgathering

Can newspaper publish captured police-scanner audio of gunfight?

[…] private -- was deemed to be an illegal wiretap. McDermott v. Boehner. 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.

May 7, 2013
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CPRA

Animal shelters deny CPRA request for names of rescue orgs we want to support

[…] information about the PRA, including a sample request letter, on the FAC’s website here: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer-2023-update/ 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.

October 16, 2015
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Brown Act

“Amended” agenda for public meeting

California Government Code section 54954.2(a) requires the legislative body of the local agency to post an agenda at least 72 hours before a regular meeting. There is no exception to the 72-hour notice requirement for amended agendas. So, the posting of the "amended" agenda you describe below is most likely a violation of the […]

June 14, 2009