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A&A: Do legal fees count under pending litigation CPRA exemption?

FAC February 3, 2014

Q: My records request for the documents showing how much money the county has spent on a current and ongoing lawsuit.   The County states that the information revealing the total money spent is privileged because the case is in active litigation. It would appear to me that no privileged information concerning the case would be jeopardized by providing the total amount of taxpayer money spent on the this case.  Is the County required to provide

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A&A: Can city business hide behind attorney/client privilege?

FAC July 23, 2013

Q: I am trying to investigate reports that a city councilman in one of the cities I cover has driven the city car recklessly or under the influence of alcohol. Sources tell me that the city manager notified city council members via email of a complaint filed by a citizen that this council member cut him off in traffic, made a vulgar hand gesture and used obscene language while driving the city vehicle. I made

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A&A: City Attorney says legal analysis is a CPRA exemption

FAC June 10, 2013

Q: A group of citizens is opposing the City Council’s 3/2 vote to allow two digital billboards on city property. Citizens submitted a PRA request for any legal analysis of the proposal. The City Attorney replied the legal analysis is attorney client privileged communication and is therefore a CPRA exemption. However, City Attorney also stated the document has not been the subject of an open or closed session of City Council. Can City Attorney distribute

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A&A: Can I access emails of city employees using personal emails for city business?

FAC November 17, 2011

Q: Our newspaper made an public records request for ”all emails to and from city employees” regarding a new parking meter system the city is using.  Our intention is to see whether employees have written emails stating that the system is not working properly. In response, the city attorney exempted an unspecified number of emails citing a ’deliberative process’ exemption in CCC 6252(d), 6254(a) and (k) and 6255. He cited cases including Rogers v. Superior

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A&A: Accessing county’s payments to a doctor now under arrest for molestation

FAC November 12, 2011

Q: I am a journalist and victims advocate. I wanted to know about whether it was possible to get records of payments made by all  County agencies–including the District Attorney’s office–to a child psychiatrist. The psychiatrist was arrested for molesting hundreds of boys and was under contract to the courts for four decades. We have reason to believe the DA’s office hired him as well, which would make their prosecution of him a conflict of

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