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A&A: Is gender of foster care staff public information?

FAC August 13, 2014

Q: We are investigating sexual abuse in a foster care shelter. We requested the gender for two staff members because they have ambiguous names. The county asserted that Section 6254(c), the personnel records exceptions applies. Staffing decisions at the facility are made based on gender (male staff members are not supposed to oversee female resident’s baths), which makes their gender material to their employment. The county attorney has been unwilling in the past to address our responses

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A&A: District denies teacher access to defaming emails

FAC November 12, 2013

Q: As a school district employee, what are my rights regarding access to emails received by the district from an outside agency regarding me?  It involves accusations and I feel I have a right to know exactly what the allegations are. The school district has been slow to even acknowledge my request to see and get copies of the emails. A: Under the Public Records Act (CPRA), a record prepared or maintained by a public

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A&A: Personal privacy exemption for public college dean

FAC October 17, 2013

Q: I am reporting on a public college’s dean who appears to spend a lot of university money on luxurious travel. I requested phone bills from her publicly funded-phone because I heard she often calls the kennel where she boards her dog from international locales from that phone. I got the phone bills but all the phone numbers were redacted citing California Government Code §6254(c); Cal. Civil Code §1798.42. I am looking for some guidance

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A&A:Does the CPRA allow access to notes from interviews with job candidates?

firstamendment September 16, 2013

Q: I was recently not selected for a position at my place of employment, a California State University. Two individuals were hired that appear to be less qualified than me. I sent a request for interview notes because the chair of the interview panel expressly told me that only the responses given in the interview were used to determine who to offer the position to. My request for interview notes was denied. Here is the

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A&A: Should school superintendent’s goals be made in closed session?

FAC April 12, 2012

Q: Our City Council sets the City Manager’s goals in open session. The goals are public. The evaluation of the City Manager in meeting goals in done in closed session. In contrast, the School Board sets  goals for the Superintendent’s in closed session. Recently, the new superintendent made her goals available on the District web site. The Board President thanked her in a public column for choosing to be transparent since the goals are an

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