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A&A: Is footage taken by an officer wearing a body-camera a public document?

Q: How do I go about requesting from the Police Dept. footage  taken with a hidden camera worn by one of their officers? Also if it actually wasn’t a Dept. issued body camera but either a personal or Dept. Issued cell/smart phone set up as a camera worn on the officer’s person, does that footage qualify under the Public Records Act? A: If the body camera footage was on a Police Department camera, you can request the footage by submitting

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A&A: Denied access to letters of complaint regarding Airbnb rentals

Q: 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 us because they said the writer wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. I found out I could request

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A&A: State Agency I worked for is denying my records’ request, but documents do exist!

Q: I used to work for the State of California. I lost my job and I am trying to get information on a program administered by my employer. This program is funded by the Federal government. I am being met with resistance because the Public Request officer is simply forwarding my request to my former supv/mgr, and she claims that the documents/information I am requesting is not available. I know that the information I am requesting

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A&A: City finds many ways to deny CPRA requests for emails

Q: My newspaper has had difficulty accessing City emails via public records requests. Our city has a written policy of only making available email from the city server (city manager, city finance director, etc.) for a 30 day time period from the date of the submission of the public record request. PRA requests are repeatedly denied for documents (specifically email) outside the 30-day window even though that email still exists on city servers and are

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A&A: Public records request run around from housing authority

Q: We requested a copy of a payment performance bond from the city’s Housing Authority for a general contractor that we did work for as a sub. We also requested a copy of the contract and were told we would have to pay for it and it could take 2-3 weeks. We are trying to obtain this information because the general contractor has not paid us and we need this information to try and get

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