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A&A: Under CPRA, do I have a right to know who issued a citation?

FAC September 10, 2014

Q: I recently received a copy of vehicular citations from a local police department. The names of the officers issuing the citations are not listed. Do I have a right under the CPRA to find out the name of the officer? A: Under California’s Public Records Act, “any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics”

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A&A: Are public records requests public records?

FAC September 9, 2014

Q: Are public records requests that are submitted in writing themselves public records and subject to disclosure upon request? A: Under the Public Records Act, public records — which include “any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics,” Gov’t Code § 6252(e) — are presumed to be open to the public and must be

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A&A: Can businesses ban Google Glass?

FAC August 15, 2014

Q: Can businesses ban customers from wearing Google Glass while on their premises? So, not simply banning video recording, but the actual wearing of the device. A: I cannot think of any reason why a business could not prohibit its customers from wearing Google Glass on their premises, except that it probably could not do so where the device is required for a disability. Otherwise, it would seem that under the First Amendment, such a prohibition

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A&A: School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private?

FAC August 14, 2014

Q: School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private? Under the Brown Act, does a school board have the obligation to disclose the goals they set for the district superintendent of schools? Similarly, do they have the obligation to disclose the evaluation criteria for the superintendent of schools? The evaluation criteria for teachers is in the public record, so why not the same for the superintendent? A: The Brown Act governs public access to meetings and provides

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A&A: Is gender of foster care staff public information?

FAC August 13, 2014

Q: We are investigating sexual abuse in a foster care shelter. We requested the gender for two staff members because they have ambiguous names. The county asserted that Section 6254(c), the personnel records exceptions applies. Staffing decisions at the facility are made based on gender (male staff members are not supposed to oversee female resident’s baths), which makes their gender material to their employment. The county attorney has been unwilling in the past to address our responses

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