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    CPRA

    Withholding of Juveniles’ Names in Police Records

    […] section 6254(k), an agency can withhold information made privilege or exempt by other laws. Welfare & Institutions Code sections 827 and 828 restrict access to juvenile court records and law enforcement records concerning juveniles, respectively. Section 828 does not addressed the names of minor victims, especially those deceased.  It only restricts the release of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police refuse to release report on shooting

    As you may know, under California's Public Records Act, public records -- which include "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics," Gov't Code § 6252(e) -- are presumed to be open to […]

    October 31, 2011

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Seeks to Unseal Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Embattled Former State Senator

    […] are currently barred from public view in the California Supreme Court The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) today filed a motion in the California Supreme Court to unseal records regarding Gov. Jerry Brown's effort to pardon former state Sen. Rod Wright, who was convicted in 2014 on multiple felony counts, including perjury and voter fraud. […]

    November 20, 2018

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    CPRA

    Toll Road Agency Says There is No 14-day Requirement for Responding to CPRA Requests

    The Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) that manages toll roads has sent me an email saying that there is no 14-day requirement for responding to a California Public Records Act request.  Also, if a legal matter was brought is it customary for the government agency to pay for attorney’s fees?

    January 20, 2021

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    CPRA

    Does CA have a public records ombudsman?

    I sent a public records request to the CA DMV and they were required to respond with 10 days. It's been a month and have not yet had a response. Is there a public records ombudsman I can notify?

    February 21, 2015

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    CPRA FOIA

    Information on Minors, Public Schools, and the California Public Records Act

    I would like to know if information on children attending public schools is available under the Federal Open Records Act.  I am looking to get mailing address for parents sending their children to public schools.  If this information is available, would I be able to get the information from the school district office or […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    Illegal immigrants have access rights too. The benefits of the Brown Act and Public Records Act do not depend on citizenship.

    By Peter Scheer California's open government laws--the Brown Act and the Public Records Act, primarily--are often said to vindicate the "people's right to know" about their government. And indeed they do. But this formulation begs the question: which "people" exactly? At the country's founding, seemingly universalist references to "the people" actually meant a minority […]

    June 2, 2009

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    CPRA

    Fire Department employee names

    Would the Names of employees working for a City Fire Department be considered accessible via the Public Records Request? I have a year range from like 1985 to 1987.

    June 14, 2009

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    Can A Public Record Be Copyrighted?

    […] or else "it’s going to be a long two years. I filed a request for the voicemail with and it was provided to me via a public records request. I contacted the consultant about the voice message and he has threatened to sue me and the blog if I publish the voicemail recording or […]

    April 4, 2018