Asked & Answered

Destroying public records under the CPRA Q: Under what circumstances can government agencies (i.e., a city government) destroy records? I see requests to destroy records from time to time on City Council agendas and this piqued my interest. One recent item stated that said records were “at least two years old” and ready to be destroyed. That seems odd but I can’t find any reference in the public records law. A: Government Code section 34090

Response times to CPRA requests Q: I served a PRA request on the district on April 6. The schools were closed for the week of April 9-12 for spring break, and the 10th was a district holiday. During 9-12, the district offices were “closed to the public” but numerous employees, including administrators, were working. On April 10, a response was sent to me telling me that the 10 days would commence on April 16, when

Accessing document constituting an agenda and agency audits Q: I’m a reporter at a suburban L.A. newspaper. I have two questions that relate to two different government bodies: 1) A charter high school, which is covered by the Brown Act, posts its Board’s agenda 72 hours online before meetings. However, it never posts the documents constituting the agenda (e.g. text of resolutions to be voted on or discussed). At the meetings, it rarely provides copies