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    Accessing DMV Files

    […] by state or local agencies.  The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days.  (Gov't Code § 6253).  If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    City Hall withholding excessive water users’ ID info

    […] release the records or not, and if not, exactly why (citing the specific exemption and describing how it applies to the records that you seek).  Gov’t Code 6253(c). After you hear back from the city, you can then make your case with respect to the public interest in releasing this information, if necessary.  Perhaps the […]

    July 14, 2014

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    CPRA

    Accessing complaints to public agencies

    […] the agency to withhold the record.  The PRA requires agencies to provide the documents requested or notify the requester that the request has been denied within 10 days. Gov't Code § 6253.. If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Behind the Headlines: How EdSource Put Sunshine on Policing in California Schools

    […] the first thing a lawyer is going to ask you for should it come to that. Know the law. If you don’t receive a determination within 10 days as the law requires, demand it. If needed, copy additional officials on the correspondence, including elected officials. I also suggest people track requests and responses by […]

    October 14, 2024

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    CPRA

    State college employees using work email for political campaigning

    […] subject to disclosure, then he or she must cite the specific exemptions justifying nondisclosure, and how those exemptions apply to the specific situation. See Gov't Code § 6253(c): --each agency, "upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole or in […]

    August 12, 2011

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    CPRA

    Accessing City Annuities and Investments

    […] suit under the PRA: http://www.cfac.org/Attachments/sacbee_settlement.htm. The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days.Gov’t Code § 6253.If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or other state […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA School Records

    Accessing a public employee’s resume

    […] by state or local agencies.  The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days.  (Gov't Code § 6253).  If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Public Officials’ Personal Email

    […] you seek.  As you know, the PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days.  (Gov't Code § 6253).  If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Releasing settlement information on a public employee’s termination

    […] by state or local agencies.  The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days.  (Gov't Code § 6253).  If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or […]

    June 14, 2009