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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Is a Salary/Wage Review Really A “Trade Secret”?

    […] a "trade secret." I have requested a copy of this report under the CPRA and was refused based on the trade secret exemption. Their response was, "Said records are not subject to public disclosure as they constitute valuable trade secrets of the District which if disclosed to competitors could undermine the District's efforts to […]

    July 2, 2010

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    CPRA

    Access to RFO Bids

    Under the CA Public Records Act, do we as responders to a RFO for Information Technology Consulting Services for State of California contracts, have any rights to be able to review the bids received (after notice of contract award) to find out how we scored in comparison and how we could write better responses?  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Are oral CPRA requests permitted?

    I'm new to public records laws in California, and curious if you can help. What is the requirement in California for initiating that inquiry? Do I need to send a written request, or is a verbal request deemed to have the same weight?

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    Trumping Trump: California’s Attack on the First Amendment

    […] President Trump, with Attorney General Xavier Becerra filingsome 50 lawsuits against the Trump Administration, including—ironically as we shall see—at least one challenging the president’s failure to release records under federal open-records laws. The state Legislature—more than two-thirds Democratic—passed a "sanctuary state" billlimiting how much state and local law enforcement agencies can cooperate with federal […]

    May 21, 2019

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    Reader Response

    […] Reporters may hide the fact that they're reporters, but they don't -- or shouldn't -- pose as real, living individuals in order to obtain those people's confidential records. Those two behaviors are not analogous. There is a bright line between "generic misrepresentation" and specifically pretending to be someone else for the purpose of obtaining […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    School personnel campaigning on public dime

    Members of the public can request public records directly without any legal assistance.California's Public Records Act is designed to allow members of the public inspect documents related to the government's handling of the public business and does not require much at all in the way of formalities.There is not even a requirement that requests […]

    October 27, 2010

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    FOIA

    Foreign Officials, Detention, Privacy, and the Freedom of Information Act

    The federal Freedom of Information Act is the mechanism for obtaining public records from the federal government (not including Congress or the courts).  See http://foia.state.gov/foia.asp for text of FOIA. Although many public records are available from federal agencies under FOIA, the Act contains exemptions providing that some categories of records are not subject to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog Cases

    FAC Litigation Report: update on select current cases

    […] or phones.   FAC argued to the full court that communications by government officials that relate to the public’s business must be released under the California Public Records Act, regardless of whether they are contained on government-owned emails accounts or phones.  The California Court of Appeal previously decided to the contrary, and the California […]

    January 17, 2017