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  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Accessing Court Records and List of Cases

    […] those kind of statistics and referred me to www.courtinfo.ca.gov and see info concerning opinions. This is not what I requested and only lists unpublished cases for 100 days previous. I know that this data is required by law to be gathered. Which law/statute? There is an unusual number of affirmations coming out of the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Question and Answer Session with Consultants

    […] to be sent in any particular matter, nor do you need to request a return receipt.  However, as you probably know the PRA gives an agency 10 days to respond to a request, and so it can be helpful to have some proof of when the request is received by the agency.  A date […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    FAC lawsuit leads to model CPRA policy for dot-gov email

    […] viewed emails as a lesser species of public records, subject to being erased or destroyed virtually any time. Auburn’s former "retention" policy OK’d deletion after only 30 days. Under the settlement, emails will be saved as long as paper-and-ink records Auburn’s requirement that city emails, regardless of account type, be forwarded and saved in […]

    December 23, 2012

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    Brown Act

    Is it a Brown Act violation to move item from closed to open session?

    […] person" must send the body a letter demanding that it "cure and correct" the violation.  Such demand letters must be sent to the board either within 30 days of the violation if based on section 54954.2. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In […]

    March 13, 2014

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    Cases Press Release

    Former San Jose Mayor Must Show His Text and Email Search Complied with Public Records Law

    […] Liccardo’s private email and text message accounts" and "the training they have received on separating public records and private communications." The declarations must be filed within 30 days of the court’s order. As reported by Spotlight, the court also ordered the city to turn over numerous documents that "deal with development deals, energy issues […]

    July 20, 2023

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Can TSA deny company public information under FOIA?

    […] reason for the denial and give the individual and opportunity to appeal the decision.  5. U.S.C. 552(a)(6).  A decision must be made on the appeal in 20 days (which is only slightly faster than getting through a TSA screening at SFO).  Before appealing, the requesting individual may request a Vaughn Index which requires the agency to […]

    August 11, 2014

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    CPRA Newsgathering

    Accessing 911 Calls and Police Reports

    […] writing.  If it is in writing and the agency decides that it is going to decline your request, they are required to respond in writing (within 10 days) and specify the exemptions to disclosure on which they are relying.   A sample written request can be found at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ The PRA exemption […]

    June 14, 2009