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CPRA

Can I access a deceased relative’s employment records?

I have read your FAQ section, but still cannot find an answer for my specific question, which is "Why can't I have access to my deceased grandfather's application data/birth information?" He is dead. Who is the information going to hurt? It is very frustrating trying to research historical genealogy information to pursue my roots […]

September 12, 2014
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Brown Act

Planning a Closed Session to Allow Confidential Documents

For a lawsuit between two city board members and the city board, which is run as a corporation, the parties have reached an agreement to allow the board members to access documents in closed session so that it will be covered under the Brown Act. Can a government entity plan a session to fall […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

City Councilmembers texting each other while deliberating

[…] business that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body." Gov. Code section 54952.2(b)(1). Such communications includes those dispatched by email. (See The Brown Act, Open Meetings for Local Legislative Bodies, Office of the Attorney General, 2003, at p. 15, available at http://www.ag.ca.gov/publications/2003_Intro_BrownAct.pdf, citing 84 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 30 (2001).) If […]

July 10, 2014
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Make no mistake, China’s censorship of the internet is a crime against liberty on a mass scale. Still, American firms can’t just steer clear of the world’s biggest market. What to do?

[…] tortured and hypocritical justifications. It helps for companies to admit their complicity; to clarify that all is not as it should be or appears to be; to openly assert their disagreement with Chinese government policies (if they do, indeed, disagree); and to disclose specifics about how their content has been altered to avoid displeasing […]
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June 3, 2009
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CPRA

Autopsies and CPRA

I need to verify the number of individuals in attendance at autopsies of CDC incarcerated persons in my county (for a parking/zoning issue). Are autopsy attendance records of prisoners open? How may they be obtained? I don't feel I can ask for this info from the local M.E. (politics). Is there another route?

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment Social Media

My Councilmember Has Blocked Me from Posting on Her Official Page

My local council member was involved in a recall against her for beating up her lover and campaign manager, both married, while intoxicated on the side of the highway. I was very active in the recall of this women and she recently started censoring her critics on social media, she actually has me blocked […]

April 13, 2019
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CPRA Police Records

Denied records of homicide investigation

[…] would be able to get copies of the investigation once done. The investigation is done, but I am being told that I have no right to files and that the homicide dept. does not have to disclose their investigation files. I spoke to the district attorney’s office and the local sheriff station. Both said […]

December 23, 2011
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Brown Act CPRA

What Constitutes a Local Agency

Are records from Hollywood Park OR Santa Anita Racetrack (aka Magna Entertainment Corp. and Los Angeles Turf Club) subject to public access? If so, how do I access them? They are under the jurisdictions of the California Horse Racing Board. Therefore, I believe the Brown Act may apply...?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Police Call Logs and Public Records

Are police departments required to provide the "request for service" logs if asked for a specific date? For example, a call for disturbing the peace because of a noisy dog. I assume that gets logged into a database when it is dispatched. Are the addresses of the individuals in violation public information? I noticed […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Civil Harassment Restraining Order Filings; Non-Internet Accessible

The County Superior Court maintains an " Open Access" internet database system for access to court records and filings, including dockets in all civil and criminal cases and downloads of all filed and imaged pleadings and other filed documents in civil cases -- with one exception. All dockets and imaged documents are publicly inaccessible […]

June 14, 2009