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    CPRA

    CPRA Request Denied Citing “Investigatory Files” Exemption

    […] procedures…or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes." Gov. Code, § 6254(f). It may be in your mother’s situation, this is a record compiled by "any other state or […]

    November 19, 2018

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    CPRA

    Coastal Permit access under PRA

    […] and time when disclosable records will be made available. Gov't Code § 6253(c). You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website: Public Records Act Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In […]

    April 29, 2016

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Public Records Non-Compliance, Filing Suit, and Non-Response

    […] not have the money to bring suit. Some years ago, the county superintendent wrote me that she found my requests harassing and she would never answer my letters again. She has kept her word. The board has refused to place this non-compliance on an agenda. And when I have attempted to bring this up […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Accessing DMV Files

    […] to remind the DMV of its legal obligation to justify a denial of a records request.  A sample PRA request is available on CFAC's website at: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/. With respect to getting certified copies of those records, I was just informed by a DMV representative that you can walk into any DMV office and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Police Records

    Can A Request for A Code Enforcement Complaint Be Denied?

    […] procedures…or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes."  Gov. Code, § 6254(f). Though I can’t advise you as to your particular situation, I would observe that, as a general […]

    January 26, 2018

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    Court Records

    Unsealing exhibits cited in a judicial ruling

    […] seek are not under seal, you may ultimately have to file a motion to unseal them.  (As a practical matter, you may first want to try a letter to the clerk's office, explaining why the documents are not under seal and should be made available to the public.) Although any member of the public […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Is it a Brown Act violation to hold a virtual meeting without telephone access for those without the internet?

    […] a reviewing court could always disagree on the reasonableness of the Board’s efforts to hold open meetings, and the Board’s option here appears to comply with the letter of the Governor’s executive orders by enabling observation of the proceedings "otherwise electronically." Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition […]

    July 7, 2020

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    Newsgathering

    Can police use hidden cameras to videotape the public without consent?

    […] to the tariffs of a public utility, or (3) to any telephonic communication system used for communication exclusively within a state, county, city and county, or city correctional facility. (f) This section does not apply to the use of hearing aids and similar devices, by persons afflicted with impaired hearing, for the purpose of […]

    October 26, 2011