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Brown Act CPRA First Amendment

City gone wild with continual Brown Act and CPRA violations

[…] manager to sue this same outspoken city councilman over his asking questions about contract steering by the city finance director. Multiple PRA public document requests by our newspaper have been denied – some for three years. The city police chief is in on the deals. Crimes in city hall go unreported and no one […]

May 16, 2012
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CPRA

Access to public records denied during business hours

On at least four occasions , I have gone to the Park and Recreation Department to review public records (on site, in the building) during normal business hours and I have been sent away. If at all possible, I would like to file a motion this week to force the department to allow me […]

November 21, 2009
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CPRA

School district claims too busy to fulfill document request

I have made numerous attempts to view board meeting minutes, a contract with a specific vendor, payment documents to that vendor, and the names of the other bidders who were not selected for the position at the School District offices. Each time they sent me away saying that they were too busy to get […]

August 18, 2011
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Brown Act

The board reached ‘a unanimous decision’ but also claimed ‘no action was taken’ in closed session

I am a direc tor of a charter high school who was recently put on administrative leave (via an email that stated it was by unanimous decision of the board) following a closed meeting at which they announced "No action was taken." I do not understand how no action could have been taken yet […]

May 25, 2011
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CPRA School Records

CPRA and “Prompt” Production of Records

[…] have now been told it will take an estimated 12 weeks to produce the records. My initial search of case law indicates that there is no hard and fast guideline for what is considered "prompt" under the statute; however, 12 weeks seems very excessive to me considering the small scope of the request. Also, […]

May 23, 2018
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CPRA School Records

Accessing a public employee’s resume

[…] job appointment. The chancellor's HR office conducted an investigation and concluded the employee was guilty. We heard rumors that the employee was disciplined by the university. My questions are: 1. Is the disciplinary action on the employee by the university public record? 2. Is the employee's resume public record? 3. Is the conclusion of […]

June 14, 2009
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NYT still has the power to alter the facts of the very story on which it is reporting.

Long gone are the days when major newspapers and network news operations had the power, through their selection of stories, to set the political agenda. That's a change for the better, to be sure. But the best of the ancien media regime are still peerless in their ability to compel change in the actions […]

October 7, 2013
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Behind the Headlines: A Public Records Training Session for Journalists

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August 10, 2024
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CPRA

Using CPRA to learn rules governing Resort Improvement District #1

[…] my community is being harassed by a local agency known as a Resort Improvement District #1. By law they are supposed to maintain the power lines, water and sewers. They do a lot more than that though. They want to be the police here and field and investigate complaints. They have humiliated me and […]

July 22, 2013
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CPRA

How long does the agency have to reply to my records request?

I requested documents regarding disciplinary action taken against me by my employer, a metro department of transportation. It's been more than a month and I've not received a reply. What would be the next course of action?

January 19, 2012