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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

Publishing classified information Q: I have an email from a hospital system CEO sent to roughly 7,000 employees, actually every employee of the hospitals. We want to print aspects of the letter in which he bad-mouths a union. Question: Does the legal disclaimer at the bottom of the email mean anything? It says basically that the email is intended only for the recipient and cannot be used for any other reason. My first impression is