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    CPRA

    CPRA Request being stonewalled by their attorney

    […] Each of our requests under the CPRA have been answered by their attorney, who delays by asking for more detail. We provide detail and get another attorney letter stonewalling. We are a small organization with few resources to counter their attorney (which is paid for by taxpayer dollars!). Can you help us with advice? […]

    June 12, 2013

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    CPRA

    Former State Employees and the CPRA

    […] seek. In order to formally request a public record, you should request in writing the specific records you seek.  Please see the following link for a sample letter we have provided for this purpose: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.  The agency can take up to 10 days to provide copies of the records or inform you of its […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act School Records

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

    […] (http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1435567.html). If the law does apply, the records you seek, if they exist, should be a public record. Although you are seeking an attorney to write a letter for you, our experience is that persistent letter writing by the requester her or himself can be just as effective. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel […]

    September 13, 2013

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Board Conducting Public’s Business Via Private Emails

    […] Records Act on the FAC's website here: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/ As for enforcing the Brown Act, the Act does not specify a particular way that a violation may be cured and corrected, but presumably the legislative body could satisfy the Brown Act by reopening the process to permit public awareness of all the facts and views, […]

    June 24, 2010

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    FOIA

    Foreign Officials, Detention, Privacy, and the Freedom of Information Act

    […] types of matters to be withheld; (4) trade secrets and commercialor financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential; (5) inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency; (6) personnel and medical files and similar […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access to public library records under Public Records Act

    […] solely for reference…purposes" are exempt from the Public Records Act. Cal. Gov't Code § 6254(j). Notwithstanding the above, you may want to send the library a formal letter renewing your public records request, informing them that you know the records are available, and citing to the evidence you found. Here's a link to more information […]

    April 1, 2016

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    CPRA

    Accessing bids for public contracts

    […] tell from your email whether you have already submitted a written demand for the bids, but, if not, here is a link to a sample PRA demand letter on CFAC's website: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ If you have already done this and gotten a written response (as required) citing Times-Mirror as the excuse for withholding the information, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    How can I Access Information On a Parolee in California

    I'm trying to find out how to access a record from the parole office to determine the date a certain parolee absconded. Can you help? Is there a sample letter for making a request?

    January 20, 2021