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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Citizen access to City financial reports

    […] your request, and it must also cite any exemptions it is claiming and describe how those exemptions apply to the records that you seek.  Gov’t Code § 6253(c).  Although the PRA has several exemptions that the City might claim, it seems unlikely that the financial reports would fall into any of those exemptions. You can […]

    April 6, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Public Agency claims investigation files are exempt PRA

    […] it did not specify how subdivision (f) applies to the records sought, you might want to follow up and request some clarification on this point.  See Gov’t Code 6253(c). Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information […]

    December 13, 2014

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    CFAC awards

    […] unconstitutional under the First Amendment's free speech and free press guarantees. Judge Velasquez's order was so clearly invalid that it took the Court of Appeal only ten days—the speed of light, in judicial velocity--to review the parties' briefs and issue its own unanimous decision overturning the prior restraint against the Register. The decision said […]

    June 3, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    County Refusing to Share Mold Report they Say Requires Us to Vacate. How Can We Access that Report?

    […] Further, an agency denying a public records request must not only identify an exemption but must also give its reasoning why the exemption applies.SeeCal. Gov. Code § 6253(c) (agency "shall promptly notify the person making the request of the determination and the reasons therefor") (emphasis added). Sample text for drafting your request can be found […]

    April 21, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Are Citizen Bond Oversight Committee Applications Public Records?

    […] claim an exemption for any of its records or the information therein, it must cite an exemption and explain why that exemption applies. Cal. Gov. Code § 6253(c) (agency shall "promptly notify the person making the request of the determination and the reasons therefor."). If it denies your request, the district’s response to your inquiry […]

    May 15, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Confidentiality of CPRA requests

    […] is being mailed to the requestor, unless the community organization referenced in your submission asked the agency to copy it with the response. The language in section 6253(c) of the Public Records Act suggests that the agency should be notifying the "person making the request" of the agency's determination, but there does not appear to […]

    June 14, 2009