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A&A: How can copy fees vary from agency to agency?

FAC September 4, 2011

Q: I submitted a bid to be the janitorial service provider for the county court house.  After the bid was over I asked for the bid results, evaluation results and winning bidders proposal. I received a letter back stating that I had to pay $0.50 per page when I normally pay $0.10 per copy from government agencies. Is this correct? Also, why do most agencies just email it to us at no cost and some

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A&A: Direct Costs of Copying

firstamendment June 14, 2009

Q: In your CPRA Primer (linked from your web page), it says that agencies may charge for the “direct costs” of copying a document but not for anything else.  Is this in statute somewhere?  I have tried to find it with no success. A: The statute is California Government Code section 6253(b).  A court has held that “direct cost” generally does not include search and retrieval time.  North County Parents Organization v. Dep’t of Education,

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Must I pay for copying in advance?

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Must I pay for copying in advance? Q: I recently received a reply to a public records request. I am concerned by a line in the letter that requires advance payment for copies of public records. This is fully reasonable if the agency tells the requestor the amount owed, and requires payment, before the documents are photocopied. However, I just heard a horror story of a state agency requiring hundreds of dollars as an up

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Waived copy fees

firstamendment June 13, 2009

Waived copy fees Q: May the state agency waive copying fees for documents sent to me; I can’t find this in the CPRA. Doing this there is no record of the number of documents I received other than what I have in my possession. Additionally, I asked to inspect and review manuals – it’s not possible for a manual to fit in this box. A previous CPRA request made by me to this agency was

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A&A: School District Stalling Over My Request For Gender Breakdowns On Student Performance

FAC April 21, 2022

Q: I made a PRA request to the School District for gender breakdowns on student performance. After nine business days, I receive an email reply from a law firm seeking “clarification” on about fifty percent of the items. The clarifications requested are not necessary; they are stalling. And they do claim to have approximately half of the items but they did not provide such. The lawyer also claims that due to “reduced staff” they cannot provide me

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