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CPRA

Records request regarding government contractors was denied on privacy grounds

I manage a small organization that helps teach people to use public records for their protection. Recently we made a request to several municipalities for records of payments made to people doing business with the muni's. We sought to discover the names of persons or companies who were paid by the county or city […]

July 13, 2010
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CPRA

Online Sheriff’s Blotter

[…] this statement: "Due to security concerns, we have discontinued posting detailed inmate information on this website. Information required to be disclosed under Government Code section 6254(f)(1) of the California Public Records Act may be obtained by calling Inmate Records at (714) 647-4666." At the time I complained about this, since it was much slower than seeing the information […]

June 14, 2009
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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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CPRA School Records

School employee discipline and hiring records

We have two issues involving public records access: We requested records, including e-mails and memos, from the school district that discuss possible discipline of the financial services director. The district turned down the request. 2. We'd like to know if it is possible to find out why a city finance director was fired recently. […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

City Wrongly Applying “Deliberative Process Exemption” To Requested Records

[…] the documents may not be withheld under the exemption and renewing your request for copies of the documents. If the City continues to refuse to disclose the records, your ultimate recourse would be to file a lawsuit under Government Code section 6259. Lawsuits to enforce the CPRA are usually initiated by a verified petition […]

February 9, 2018
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CPRA Police Records

Denied info on police officer’s status after arrest on animal cruelty charge

[…] proceedings, the agency is probably relying on Penal Code § 832.7 as justification for being tight-lipped. Specifically, Penal Code§ 832.7 provides fairly ironclad protection for police personnel records, including records related to administrative proceedings for discipline. You could argue that you are not seeking any detailed personnel records or specifics on the presumptive internal […]

March 13, 2017
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Brown Act CPRA School Records

Parents not invited to meeting that resulted in removing their autistic student from public school

[…] the director of Special Education. Would this constitute a subcommittee of a governing body? We were not invited, nor informed of this meeting. We made a public records request to obtain information, minutes, agenda, etc. from this meeting--nothing. Two weeks following this meeting we received a letter of prior notice denying all options of […]

May 16, 2012
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Police Records

Police Department in New Jersey Won’t Release Report on a Family Member’s Death

New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act provides that "government records shall be readily accessible for inspection, copying, or examination by the citizens of this State, with certain exceptions, for the protection of the public interest, and any limitations on the right of access … shall be construed in favor of the public’s right of […]

August 22, 2020
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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