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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Information on Running for City Clerk

    While the City Attorney is correct that the PRA obligates state and local government agencies to provide "records" rather than information, you are also correct in observing that the PRA mandates that "[w]hen a member of the public requests to inspect a public record or obtain a copy of a public record, the public […]

    June 14, 2009

  • 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

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • 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

  • Cases

    Public Records

    Scott v. County of Imperial

    […] the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, and ICE" from "2018 to today’s date." In response, the county said it was waiting for the federal government’s permission to disclose the records based on the "Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution. Article VI, Clause 2, and Comity doctrine." On February 12, 2026, […]

    April 21, 2026

  • 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