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County’s Technical Review Q: We recently made a Public Record Request for documents relating to the County’s General Plan technical review and technical fix. The request was denied because: “…this draft is still undergoing internal staff and legal review. For that reason, the County is not able to produce the draft, or any memoranda or correspondence relating to it, as those records would be exempt from production under Government Code Section 6254(h). The records would

Obtaining Legal Records of a Public Agency Q: I have requested the list of legal expenses, by attorney, billing statements and /or invoices by case or project from the City and Redevelopment Agency.  I did not ask for any other information about any of the litigation or project. They took over a month to provide me with a ledger from the finance department with a listing of expenses only with just 3 of over 100

Accessing Termination of Employment Records Q: 1) My former employer violated my privacy by releasing reasons why I was terminated to the public which was different from the reason that he has given me in writing. 2) I recently asked for copies of my emails pursuant to public records act and the City denied me them. . A: Generally speaking, laws restricting access to records should not interfere with a person’s rights to review his

Counsel for a school board Q: I am reporter and seeking advice about what I can do to request information from our local school district. Recently our school board hired a lawyer to formulate legal opinion about a particular school board policy. The opinion is in, but they refuse to share the information, citing attorney-client privilege. Is there any way around this? Is this in fact legal? A: The California Public Records Act, Government Code