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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
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Brown Act

Police won’t provide me access to my interrogation reports

[…] for enforcement, can be found at the First Amendment Coalition’s website here. 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.

June 18, 2015
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CPRA

Withholding “Requests for Proposals” from the public

[…] scrutinizing the process leading to the selection of the winning proposal," such scrutinization can just as effectively take place after the negotiations are completed, but before the government agency approves the contract. Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson v. Sup. Ct., 38 Cal. 4th 1065, 1073 (2006). From the facts you stated, it is likely that […]

June 5, 2010
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CPRA

FOIA request California State Parks internal investigation

[…] in litigation filed pursuant to this section." 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 unless separately retained.

June 1, 2016
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CPRA

State college employees using work email for political campaigning

[…] information helpful, and wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. 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 12, 2011
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CPRA

Are jail visitor sign-in logs public documents?

The right to inspect jail visitor sign-in logs would come from California's Public Records Act, which provides, generally speaking, that writings created or used by government agencies in California are presumptively open to public inspection and copying unless a specific exemption of the PRA applies. If the "no" you refer to was in response […]

November 17, 2009
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CPRA

How can my records request meet deadline if staff assigned is on vacation?

[…] litigation motivated the defendant to release the records. Motorola, 55 Cal. App. 4th at 1344.) 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.

September 11, 2015
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First Amendment Social Media

Is Use of Twitter Logo in Political Parody Artwork Protected by the First Amendment?

[…] forward. 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 21, 2018
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First Amendment

Was Honking My Horn at a Police Officer Protected by the First Amendment?

[…] challenge. 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 18, 2018