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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Request for public information not honored

    I made a request for public information four months ago from my local school district and I have not received the requested information. Please advise.

    April 28, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Obtaining records of traffic citations

    […] 4 different agencies issue traffic citations in San Diego. These citations are then fed into the computers at the traffic courts.I would like to obtain weekly records from the traffic courts, containing details of all the citations issued during the previous fortnight.How could I go about ensuring that I can obtain this information in California?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Denied access to letters of complaint regarding Airbnb rentals

    My local Neighborhood Council  put forth a motion in the Urban Design and Preservation Committee to ban short term rentals. Luckily one concerned neighbor caught it and individually contacted 100 Airbnb hosts, 50 of whom showed up at the Council meeting that night.  The Council referenced a complaint letter but wouldn’t show it to […]

    March 13, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    County Bar Association and the CPRA and Brown Act

    I am reading the Attorney General opinion concerning the private cable company that must comply with open meeting and records requests -- would this apply to a local County Bar Association which has been delegated certain county functions.  It would seem to me that it would; but they are taking a very aggressive stance with […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    The Rowan County KY Clerk has no “right” to refuse marriage licenses to gay couples

    […] other factor, including gender. Her job, in other words, is to take the license fee and stamp the documents, just like a DMV employee renewing an auto registration. She is free to disagree with the now-settled law of the land regarding same-sex marriage. She can give speeches, pen Op-Eds, sermonize and blog to her […]

    September 3, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Tax Document Exemptions from Public Records Requests

    We requested consultant contracts from the county office of education, but the in formation we received was incomplete.  We've thought of requesting the list of consultants who received an IRS 1099 form, but we're concerned that we would be denied the information on the grounds that it falls under the "tax" exclusion section of […]

    June 24, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How to I get city to admit to under-reporting employee compensation?

    The City withheld pay and benefit information that resulted in under reporting almost all of the City’s employees’ pay, including the Police Chief’s pay by $66,951.83 a year? I have posted the original request, the data provided by the City, and exchanges with the City Attorney’s Office.

    October 22, 2010

  • Latest News

    Q&A: FAC Legal Director David Loy on the right to honk your horn as a form of expression

    […] demonstration. While the citation was dismissed when deputies failed to show in court, Porter argues her speech has been chilled by the threat of continued enforcement. FAC’s newest team member, Legal Director David Loy, brought the case on behalf of Porter while he worked at the ACLU, and he continues to represent Porter in […]

    February 16, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    What’s meant by “electronic form” documents under the CPRA?

    […] I received an oversimplified copy of the report so I asked for the website address for the complete report. I was told the website was password protected and therefore I was not granted access.  Would a document with restricted access be considered an "electronic form" if they printed it from a website that I […]

    August 5, 2011