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CPRA Police Records

How can I gain access to my UC police records?

[…] applicable exemption, and explain how the exemption applies to the specific situation. 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 19, 2013
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CPRA

Personal privacy exemption for public college dean

[…] the kennel where she boards her dog from international locales from that phone. I got the phone bills but all the phone numbers were redacted citing California Government Code §6254(c); Cal. Civil Code §1798.42. I am looking for some guidance as to how to draft a response arguing that these phone numbers should be […]

October 17, 2013
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Brown Act

Board member sent out email supporting project coming up for a board vote

[…] that the board develop a collective concurrence on the issue at hand. 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 24, 2013
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First Amendment Protest Rights

Each year police place greater limitations on my annual protest

The issue of to what extent the government may limit a request for a protest permit requires a complicated an highly contextual analysis that is unfortunately beyond the scope of the services offered by this hotline. As a very general matter, the government can impose reasonable and content-neutral time, place and matter restrictions on […]

October 18, 2013
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Brown Act

Agenda items failed to mention a parcel tax as part of ballot measure

The Brown Act, at Government Code section 52954.2, requires that for regular meetings the agenda contain "a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted or discussed at the meeting. . . . A brief general description of an item generally need not exceed 20 words. . . . No action […]

October 23, 2013
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CPRA

University fails to make good faith effort to respond to records request

[…] sample request letter, of some use: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen 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. Access to records

February 3, 2011
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How much can I spend advertising against a ballot measure?

[…] that expenditures must be reported once specified monetary thresholds are reached. Governor Gray Davis Com. v. American Taxpayers Alliance, 102 Cal. App. 4th 449, 461 (2002). Under Government Code § 82013, a "committee" is defined as "any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions […]

July 7, 2010
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CPRA

SF Unified School District Records

[…] asked about, applies to records in the possession of federal agencies). Under the PRA, any document that is collected, owned, or maintained by a state or local government agency is presumptively available for public inspection unless one of the Act's exemptions to disclosure applies. You do not need to exhaust any other administrative remedies […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Public records request run around from housing authority

I am not aware of any exception to the public records act for either payment of performance bonds or government contracts in general. As a general matter, all government contracts will be public records. Indeed, it seems here that the Housing Authority is not claiming otherwise. It merely is delaying the release of the […]

May 24, 2013
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CPRA

Strategic question regarding a large PRA request

[…] from the California Department of Health Care Services. At this point, our questions are strategic. For example: are we likely to make more progress with a reluctant government agency by a series of requests, none of which is, in itself, unduly burdensome? Or are we likely to make faster progress by asking for everything […]

September 6, 2016