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CPRA

Charging for research and the CPRA

I submitted a Public Records Act Request with the air district, asking for copies of different kinds of permit applications. They came back to us stating that they copied about 50 pages and cost would be $435. Most of this cost was because of the five hours staff spent searching for the materials. I […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Changing search warrant policy

[…] NBC Subsidiary and later codified in California Rules of Court 2.550-2.551. Under these rules, court records may not be sealed as a matter of course; the court must specifically order that the records be sealed, and only after expressly finding that (1) that there is an "overriding interest" to support sealing, (2) there is […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Can I publish public records? Confidential records of public importance?

[…] sorts of information might be protected thereunder. There are certainly risks connected with your posting that document. A safer route would be to file a Public Record Act request for the document. You may want to file another request as well as other pertinent documents relating to the settlement (perhaps as a separate request […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Blocking Personal Information from Public View for Safety

How do I block access to my personal and government records from public because I am a victim of domestic violence and stalking and kidnapping? Does it require a court order to block my ssn record and tax and any other record pertaining to my personal information.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Awarding Attorney’s Fees in CPRA Cases

You are correct that an award of attorneys fees is mandatory to a plaintiff who prevails in Public Records Act ("PRA") litigation. Since you say you have one more shot with the trial court before going to the Court of Appeal on the fee issue, you may want to advise the court of the […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

Are School Yearbooks Public Records?

The California Public Records Act ("PRA") provides that public records are presumptively open to the public, unless exempt from disclosure under the PRA. Government Code section 6254(k) exempts from disclosure "records the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited pursuant to federal or state law." Section 49076 of the California Education Code specifically prohibits […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Accessing consumer complaint records

Although the California Public Records Act ("PRA") requires law enforcement agencies to provide the public with certain basic information (i.e., information about incidents and arrests), investigatory records produced by state, local or federal enforcement and police agencies are protected materials not subject to public disclosure pursuant to the law enforcement exemption of the California […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Access to RFO Bids

Under the CA Public Records Act, do we as responders to a RFO for Information Technology Consulting Services for State of California contracts, have any rights to be able to review the bids received (after notice of contract award) to find out how we scored in comparison and how we could write better responses? […]

June 14, 2009
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FOIA

Records with the names of citizens and non-citizens

[…] by the Bureau of Justice Assistance ("BJA") in conjunction with a federal program called the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program. This program involves payments from the federal government to states and localities that have incurred correctional officer salary costs for incarcerating certain undocumented criminal aliens.The court decided that the BJA was justified in withholding […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Pending Workman compensation claims

The answer to your question depends on where the claims are filed. If they are filed with a governmental agency, then the claims themselves would be considered public while they are pending. See Poway Unified School District v. Superior Court, 62 Cal. App. 4th 1496 (1998) (tort claim submitted to school district was a […]

June 14, 2009