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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Records and Investigation Files

    […] 10 days of your original request.  The department's written response must specify the PRA's exemptions that the department is relying on to refuse releasing the records.  (see Government Code section 6255).  If only a portion of the records you have requested are exempt, the department must release any records that are not exempt. I […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Are cast ballots public records?

    […] applies to election ballots.  However, there may be other laws, such as those found in either California or federal election statutes, which are incorporated into the CPRA under Government Code § 6254(k), that might prevent disclosure.  I quickly searched the California Election Code to see if I could find an express exemption and turned up […]

    September 3, 2016

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    CPRA

    CPRA request denied for city employee’s college grades

    […] Act (FERPA), 20 USC section 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99, is a federal law that sharply limits the ability of educational institutions receiving funds form the federal government -- which is essentially all public and private educational institutions in the country -- from releasing student academic records without the consent of the adult student […]

    June 7, 2013

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    CPRA

    Does city’s “fee schedule” for public records violate CPRA?

    […] will cost $1 per page and each additional page up to 50 pages will cost 25 cents per page. Requests that exceed 50 pages will be provided for the actual cost of commercial copying. Is this legal? I thought the PRA provided that an agency could only charge the actual cost of copying paper copies.

    June 24, 2010

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    Brown Act

    City Council names building without notice

    […] for naming of public buildings. The mayor appointed a committee to address the policy/procedure. However, he refused to do anything about the previous meeting's action. Since the issue of naming a public building was not on the council agenda - and there was no allowance for public comment - is this a Brown Act violation?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA School Records

    Request for candidate’s college degree requires authorization?

    […] us with the following information and pay the required fee $10.00. You will also need to present an authorization letter with signature from the . The letter must contain the following information: Complete name SSN or CWID Where you want the degree or enrollment verification sent to. Please note it is one or the […]

    February 5, 2011

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    Press Rights

    FAC Writes in Support of Reporter Disparaged By Elected Official Following Public Records Request

    […] and Public Trust of Fresno State today called on a California public official to apologize for insulting a reporter and to take seriously his obligations under open- government laws. The letter to Tom Wheeler, a member of the Madera County Board of Supervisors, comes after Wheeler responded to a reporter's public records request with, […]

    January 22, 2021

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    Blog

    Are journalists who use leaked records engaging in the “fencing” of stolen property?

    Some government officials have been pushing the theory that journalists who write stories based on leaked classified documents---think Glenn Greenwald, for example---are engaging in the "fencing" of stolen property. Mike Rogers, the Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, made this point yesterday when questioning FBI Director James Comey at a congressional hearing. Rogers […]

    February 4, 2014

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    Cases Press Release

    Public Citizen and CFAC seek to overturn court orders shuttering wikileaks.org

    […] orders are invalid under the First Amendment. Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. CFAC is a free speech and open- government advocacy group with offices in San Rafael, CA. Here's the Public Citizen/CFAC brief. CFAC and Public Citizen are seeking to intervene as parties in the lawsuit […]

    June 3, 2009