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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Is the list of employees taking voluntary buyouts a public document?

    I am a reporter covering the public district hospital. I want to know if a list of 74 employees who accepted voluntary buyouts is a public document. I requested this list from the hospital's PR person, and she said she would provide it only on condition that I promise not to publish the names. […]

    August 27, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Access to City Manager’s compensation denied

    I am a  director for the Public Utility District trying to access the General Manager's compensation information.  Another director asked for W-2s with confidential information blacked out. And was told via email that they do not have to provide them. What information am I entitled to and how to I ask for it? The […]

    July 28, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Is a Salary/Wage Review Really A “Trade Secret”?

    Our District Hospital contracted with a company to do a salary/wage and benefit review of hospital employees. They are meeting in closed session and discussing this report as a "trade secret." I have requested a copy of this report under the CPRA and was refused based on the trade secret exemption. Their response was, […]

    July 2, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Using Public Records Act to find a school executives’ salaries

    I am a student looking to improve my understanding of executive compensation at my school and other schools in our region. When I contact the other schools, I cannot obtain hard information. The school administrations simply ignore my emails. I can usually get access to salary schedules, which are a framework for determining compensation, […]

    July 19, 2012

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Taxpayers Going Postal Over Public Employee Pensions, Perks. Unions’ miscalculation: Opting for secrecy.

    […] of employment, which are the basis for calculating retirement benefits. Such gaming of the system boosts starting pensions to levels that can approach, and even exceed, employees' salaries. Some examples from the reporting of the Contra Costa Times' Daniel Borenstein: A retired northern California fire chief whose $185,000 salary morphed into a $241,000 annual […]

    June 11, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Request For Public Employee W2 Forms Fulfilled, But Heavily Redacted. Are The Redactions Legal?

    I submitted a CPRA request for W2's for a group of public school employees. When I received the W2 forms, I expected the individual's Social Security Number and address to be redacted, but the school also redacted the information for the federal income tax withheld, social security tax withheld, medicare tax withheld, "other" withholdings/contributions […]

    April 26, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Closed meeting and the Brown Act

    I'm thinking about writing a letter of cure/correct regarding a pattern of what appear to be Brown Act Violations. The district acted to correct the June 19 violation. According to a story we published previewing a meeting this past Tuesday, July 3: "After closed session on Tuesday, the board is scheduled to convene in […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Blog

    A stunning end to the media’s 20-year losing streak in high court access cases.

    […] that affirms the vital link between public access to information and democratic self-government. In the IFPTE case the Contra Costa Times newspaper had requested records showing the salaries, by name, of all Oakland public employees making more than $100,000 a year. Although the city of Oakland had released this information in past years, it […]

    June 3, 2009