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    Brown Act CPRA

    Open Meeting Rules for Chamber of Commerce/ Non-Profits

    Typically, chambers of commerce fall in the category of nonprofit organizations.  The California Public Records Act (PRA) explicitly provides that "nonprofit entities that are legislative bodies of a local agency" pursuant to Section 54952 of the Brown Act are "local agencies" subject to the PRA.  Subsection (c) of section 54952 provides: 54952. As used […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Public Records

    MSW Media, Inc. and First Amendment Coalition v. United States DOGE Service

    […] respond to FOIA requests seeking correspondence between Elon Musk and DOGE staff. Since President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, Musk and DOGE have sought to remake the federal government through layoffs at dozens of agencies and attempting to eliminate agencies such as USAID. However, details on staffing, decision-making, and other parts of DOGE’s structure remain […]

    March 28, 2025

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    FAC News

    We’re Hiring: Press Education Manager

    […] education programs. This is a chance to play a key role at a leading California nonprofit that does important work to support California journalists’ ability to access government information to keep communities informed. The new position is a dream job for someone with an investigative journalism or journalism education background who is passionate about […]

    January 22, 2025

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    Cases Press Release

    Key settlement in FAC case breaks new ground in public access to officials’ emails

    July 24, 2012—The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce a landmark settlement in a case involving public access to government email messages. The agreement with the city of Auburn, California requires the city to save emails for at least two years–replacing a prior policy of deleting most emails after 30 days. The agreement, […]

    July 25, 2012

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    Blog

    How to sabotage California’s Public Records Act

    By Peter Scheer—If you were looking for a way to sabotage America's freedom-of-information laws, you couldn't do much better than a legal strategy being pursued by government entities in two California towns. The public school district of Willows, in Glenn County, and the town of Sebastopol, near Petaluma, have been sued, in unrelated cases, […]

    October 15, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Religious institutions and the Brown Act

    The Brown Act applies to any entity that meets the definition of a "legislative body," as defined by Government Code section 54952.  Whether a nonprofit meets the definition of a "legislative body" for purposes of the Brown Act depends on subsection (c) of section 54952.  That subsection provides: 54952. As used in this chapter, […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Posts

    CFAC protests new legislation curbing access to government mapping data

    […] CA 95814 RE: Oppose AB 1978 Dear Assemblyman Solorio: On behalf of the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC), an organization dedicated to freedom of information and open government, I write to oppose your AB 1978 as a misguided attempt to convert public information---paid for by California taxpayers and belonging to all California citizens---into a […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Posts

    Assembly approves constitutional amendment to protect CPRA, Brown Act

    […] SCA 3 with Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, said] the legislature's action "allows California voters to debate the importance of strengthening the state's most critical open- government laws by requiring compliance in the Constitution." He added, "The state should not have to provide a fiscal incentive to local governments so that they comply […]

    July 1, 2013