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CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

Does the CPRA allow access to mugshots?

[…] of this particular case, the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by the disclosure of the record. (Gov. Code 6255.) Here, the public interest served by not disclosing the record is intended to allow law enforcement to successfully complete its investigation into the matter and not […]

December 23, 2012
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CPRA

Can public access city’s internal investigation report?

[…] Records Act requires that for any request made in writing, the agency must indicate in writing the specific exemption it is claiming that justifies non-disclosure.Govt. Code 6253(b), 6255(a), (b). If the agency to which you made your request has not done so, it may be worth asking them to provide that very specific information. […]

October 27, 2011
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CPRA

Legal Action Against a Board Member in Closed Session

[…] the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record." Cal. Gov. Code § 6255(a) (emphasis added). This exemption is broad and routinely invoked by public agencies in denying access to public records, but it often does not justify non-disclosure, as […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Fire Department Mishandled Response to CPRA Request

[…] to permit an agency to delay or obstruct the inspection or copying of public records. The notification of denial of any request for records required by Section 6255 shall set forth the names and titles or positions of each person responsible for the denial." 4. 6255 (a) "The agency shall justify withholding any record by […]

January 26, 2018
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CPRA

County Refusing to Share Mold Report they Say Requires Us to Vacate. How Can We Access that Report?

[…] the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record." Cal. Gov. Code § 6255(a) (emphasis added). This exemption is broad and routinely invoked by public agencies in denying access to public records, but it often does not justify non-disclosure, as […]

April 21, 2022
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Brown Act

Convening in closed sessions

[…] for Local Legislative Bodies, p. 12 (Cal.Atty General's Office 2003). With respect to whether the board can hold a closed session to discuss the supervisor search and appointment, the answer to that question is yes. Government Code Section 54957 provides that boards may hold closed meetings to "consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Complaints, and Public Record

[…] of a local agency are presumed public unless one of the Public Record Act's exemptions applies. These exemptions can be found at Government Code Sections 6254 and 6255. It is not immediately apparent that any such exception would apply in this case. For purposes of your attempt to gain these complaints, the California Public […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Police Background Investigation

It sounds like the police department is relying (at least implicitly) on Section 6255 of the California Public Records Act ("PRA"), which provides that an agency can withhold records by demonstrating "that on the facts of the particular case the public interest served by not making the public record clearly outweighs the public interest […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Denied access to county’s seismic studies

[…] to some of the specific exemptions that agencies invoke in justifying the withholding of records, some agencies cite the Act's "catch-all" exemption, contained in Government Code § 6255(a). This exemption states that in order to justify withholding a record, the agency must show that "on the facts of the particular case the public interest […]

September 29, 2011
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CPRA

School documents and lost records

[…] district are accessible to the public unless they come under one of the exemptions set forth in Government Code sec. 6254 or the "catchall" exemption in sec. 6255. With regard to salary compensation information, there has been a fair amount of controversy and litigation over the issue recently, but sec. 6254.8 of the Act […]

June 14, 2009