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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Access to transcripts of 911 calls

    […] for the records you seek. It's probably best to direct this request to the police agencie(s) that you believe have copies of this tape. A sample request letter can be found on the CFAC website. A link to that page is pasted below. https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ The Public Records Act affirmatively requires police agencies to provide […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Authority to call school district special meetings

    […] and an agenda posted. The lone director stated in public (meeting is taped) that he called the meeting, saying he as a lone individual can call the meeting. It involved the expenditure of public funds and no bid contracts. How do I go about filing a notice to cure and correct on something like this?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Decision Reached By County Supervisors Without A Public Meeting

    […] 3d 658 (1981). If you believe that the Board of Supervisors communicated to discuss and take a collective concurrence on the petition, then your instinct may be correct in that there could be a possible violation of the Brown Act. However, this is a fact specific inquiry. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for […]

    February 21, 2018

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    CPRA

    Access to RFO Bids

    […] the agencies of their obligation to provide you with the records, or to cite the authority that allows them to withhold it.  Only then will you be in a better position to determine whether the records have been improperly withheld.  A sample PRA request letter is found on CFAC's website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    How Do I Access Decades-Old 911 Audios?

    […] CPRA does not only mean words on a page, but includes "every other means of recording upon any tangible thing any form of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored." Gov’t Code […]

    September 24, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    How do we enforce the Brown Act?

    […] the board declared null and void, one must first, in a timely manner, sometimes within 30 days of the violation, demand in writing that the agency " cure and correct" the violations of law. A party who prevails in a Brown Act lawsuit may be entitled to an award of attorneys' fees and costs. […]

    December 22, 2011

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    CPRA

    Animal shelter won’t disclose contact info on local cat trapper

    […] "relating to the conduct of the public's business" is interpreted broadly, and only purely personal information is exempt, i.e., the shopping list phoned from home, or the letter to a public officer from a friend which is totally void of reference to governmental activities.  See Assembly Comm. on Statewide Information Policy, Appendix 1 to […]

    June 15, 2016

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    FOIA

    Non-response to FOIA request

    […] the disclosure of all or some of the records sought.The appeal to the head of the agency is a simple matter.An appeal is filed by sending a letter to the head of the agency and must identify the FOIA request that is being appealed.5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(A)(ii).Please look at each agency's FOIA appeals procedures […]

    June 14, 2009