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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Getting information from closed sessions

    As a preliminary matter, it is not clear why your Board would have cited Government Code section 54956.9.  Section 54956.9 provides for closed sessions to discuss pending litigation, and does not apply to either of the items you listed in your inquiry. With regard to the first item, public employee discipline/dismissal/release, the Brown Act […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing police documents

    While the police department may try to argue that the record is exempt from disclosure under Government Code section 6254(f).  While that section exempts several categories of records -- records of complaints and investigations, records of intelligence information or security procedures, and investigatory and security files -- there is a good argument that a […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Public Agency Denied PRA Request Claiming Trade Secret Exemption

    […] an email stating they are invoking the right to withhold the financial data related to State Plan Amendment 18-007 under the privilege for trade secrets pursuant to California Government Code section 6254(k) in conjunction with California Evidence Code section 1060. This is public financial accounting, commercial firms are exempt. Can you advise how to proceed?

    January 3, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Report Request Denied Citing ‘Attorney Work Product, Official Info and Deliberative Process Privilege’

    […] disclosure to the public by the attorney work-product privilege (Code of Civil Procedure §2018.030), the official information privilege (Evidence Code §1040), and the deliberative process privilege ( Government Code §6255; Times Mirror Co. v. Superior Court (1991) 53 Cal.3d 1325)." I'd like to get some guidance on this. Would such a report actually fall […]

    November 27, 2018

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    Advocacy

    We engage in public and legal advocacy around crucial issues affecting government transparency, press rights, and the people’s right to know, with a focus on California state and local policy and practices. This work includes influencing legislation, responding to threats to freedom of the press and freedom of expression, and enforcing freedom of information […]

    June 11, 2024

  • Latest News

    Q&A: FAC Legal Director David Loy on the right to honk your horn as a form of expression

    […] First Amendment Coalition is supporting a federal civil rights case brought by the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties that aims to limit when the government can ticket someone for sounding their car horn to speak out (read our amicus brief). The ACLU’s case is on behalf of Susan Porter, a San […]

    February 16, 2022

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    FAC Sues Imperial County for Secret Federal Immigration Agency Contracts and Emails

    […] justifies withholding public records. "Imperial County is going to great lengths to obstruct my records requests about its relationship with federal immigration authorities", says Scott. "I expect government agencies to exempt the release of certain records, but I've never experienced an agency invoking the Supremacy Clause to refuse providing records or even confirming their […]

    April 17, 2026

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    Press and Advocacy Groups Demand Private Corrections Giant GEO Group to Unseal Court Records, Footage of Abuse in Notorious Adelanto Immigration Facility

    […] at Adelanto. GEO’s attempts to silence them and manipulate our legal system violate the First Amendment." "Geo Group has been lavished with billions of dollars' worth of government contracts and yet has resisted even the slightest attempts at transparency and scrutiny," said Kevin Flores of The Southlander. "Given the corporation’s track record of violating […]

    February 3, 2026

  • Latest News

    Blog

    State Food and Agriculture Agency Must Release Bird Flu Records

    […] disclose records requested by California Rural Legal Assistance that would show which dairies have been quarantined. That information is essential to the public’s understanding of how its government is meeting the challenge posed by bird flu. It would also enable targeted outreach to communities most at risk as well as epidemiological research tracking the […]

    November 5, 2025

  • Cases

    Court Access

    FCI Dublin Motion to Unseal

    […] Northern District of California on their behalf. Press Release: Advocates, Press Seek Access to Court Records in FCI Dublin Sexual Abuse Lawsuit (6/12/2024) Legal Documents: Intervenors' Second Reply Regarding Motion to Unseal (8/20/2024) Order Granting Motion to Intervene (7/26/20204) Order Unsealing Court Records (7/26/20204) Government's Response to Motion to Unseal (6/25/2024) Motion to Intervene (6/11/2024)

    June 12, 2024