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A&A: Can A Request for A Code Enforcement Complaint Be Denied?

Q: I’m a reporter doing a story about an elderly woman who owns a house that is in disrepair. Code enforcement has been after her to clean it up.  I called code enforcement to ask for a copy of the complaint and was told to submit a public records request, which I did. They rejected the request because it’s an open case. Is that justified? The woman gave me a copy of the complaint, which

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A&A: CA Medical Board non-responsive to PRA request

Q: I am a volunteer patient safety advocate in California. I have been trying to get a series of document from the Medical Board of California (and their parent the Department of Consumer Affairs) through public records requests. I think I’ve only received one document, and it wasn’t the document I requested, and the document they sent had whole sections missing and a number of individual pages (there were a few pages marked with redactions).

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A&A: Dental Board of California & the CPRA

Q: I’m a reporter working on a project about complications linked to sedation dentistry. The Dental Board of California refused my CPRA request for reports of dental complications pursuant to the Business and Professions Code 1680(z)(1-3). The Board maintains that these records are exempt under Government Code Section 6254(f). The Board contends that these reports are exempt because they are complaints or investigations compiled for licensing purposes. I believe the Board is wrong for two reasons:

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A&A: Police won’t provide me access to my interrogation reports

Q:  My landlord has called Police Department many times to harass me. I’ve called and written to the PD for copies of the field interrogations but they refuse to release them to me because I’m the person complained about.  I would like to know what is contained in the complaints.  And is there a legal way to obtain these field reports or “investigations”? A: The California Public Records Act, Govt. Code section 6250 et seq., generally

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A&A: How can I gain access to my UC police records?

Q: I am seeking to obtain my records from the University of CA. (1) I received the following response to my request for supplemental records to two police reports. An attorney who specializes in FOIA requests advised that the following language may not constitute a legitimate denial to my records requests. He advised me to seek out someone who specializes in the CPRA and the IPA. The denial from the UC records management office reads

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