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A&A: CPRA not denied, but never produced by agency

FAC February 2, 2011

Q: I have been waiting for a PRA request from the Dept. of Boating and Waterways since November 4, 2010. I made an additional request on December 2nd for one piece of paper that was referred to during the last commission meeting by the lead analyst. At this time I said I would drop all my previous requests that have gone unanswered for this one piece of paper. I sent someone over to their office

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A&A: Documents once public now denied

FAC January 12, 2011

Q: In the past 3 years we have requested and received public records of the names and addresses of  individual medical technicians licensed by the state. The requested public records have been given to us by three different methods. 1. In electronic format by a typed document created by the State of California 2. In electronic excel format as provided medical technicians association 3. In paper copies as provided by that group. Since July 26

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A&A:California Board of Equalization public access rules

FAC January 7, 2011

Q: Does the  California Board of Equalization have any special exemptions or dispensations from the California public records act or public access to documents it archives? A: In reviewing the Public Records Act, I do not see any specific exemption that applies to records maintained by the Board of Equalization. Depending on the type of record that you seek, there may be some exemption that applies. For example, the attorney general has opined that “The

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A&A: Double standard on publishing names of document requesters

FAC January 4, 2011

Q. We have a unique situation here.  A Community Services District has established a policy of publishing the requesters name and what records they are asking for in both the minutes and agenda. This is done to bring public attention on who is requesting records. These individuals are now being harassed for making these requests. Additionally, several other members of the public get copies of documents directly from a director, which is not published…so there

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A&A: University claims to have a year to respond to document requests

FAC January 4, 2011

Q. The Public Affairs director at the local State University claims that he can take four months to a year to respond with public records. This needs to be resolved as he is routinely months late with responses. A. The Public Records Act gives local agencies 10 days to respond to a request for a copy of a public record; the time for responding can be extended by the agency for an additional 14 days

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