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FAC Urges California Highway Patrol to Release Public Records Relating to 2016 California State Capitol Violence

The First Amendment Coalition today submitted a letter to the California Highway Patrol, urging CHP to release public records it has refused to disclose regarding the violent clashes at the California State Capitol on June 26, 2016.  The letter also calls CHP to task for the apparent use of a public records request as a bargaining chip in witness interviews for an ongoing criminal investigation.  As disclosed in a transcript filed in court recently, CHP

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San Francisco City Attorney Releases Reams of Records in Response to FAC CPRA Request

In response to multiple California Public Records Act requests from the First Amendment Coalition, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera produced hundreds of pages of emails between Herrera campaign supporters and Herrera’s staff or Herrera himself.  The City Attorney initially asserted that the records were not subject to disclosure under the CPRA.  FAC respectfully disagreed, and after weeks of correspondence and telephone calls with City Attorney staffers, finally convinced the office to release a substantial

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