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Request to Dept. of Insurance regarding bail agents Q: My question is about records held by the Department of Insurance. I placed a request regarding information pertaining to bail agents of a certain company. I believe several of these agents obtained a license under fraudulent means by having criminal records. All I wanted was their dates of birth to confirm our suspicious however I was denied my request. Is there anyway I can legally obtain

Mayor’s appearance calendar Q: A local activist says that the Mayor and City Attorney “have both sent me letters refusing to divulge the mayor’s calendar of scheduled May appearances as Mayor and/or his appointment book of meetings as Mayor for the past two months.” Is this legal under Prop 59? A: In 1991, the California Supreme Court ruled that something called the “deliberative process” exemption allowed the Governor to refuse to release copies of his

List of applicants for a public entity’s general manager Q: A municipal water district hired a new general manager. A board member told me they had “about 20” applicants, and the list would be reduced to a few who would be interviewed. Are names of all who applied open to the public? Are names of those on the short list who were interviewed open to the public? A: No court has yet addressed the issue