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CPRA Police Records

Can I access history of code violations using the CPRA?

You would indeed request the records under the Public Records Act, Govt. Code section 6250 et seq. There is extensive information about the Public Records Act on First Amendment Coalition's website. Go to the Public Records page where you'll find many resources on the CPRA including: Primer on using the Public Records Act and […]

June 4, 2013
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CPRA Police Records

Police Blotter Information

The city’s Police Department's blotter consists of the following information: Date, Time, Crime, Address The Public Records Act says "...state and local law enforcement agencies shall make public the following information...the time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received by agency and the time and nature of the response including […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Developments on Public Lands

[…] people from outside the town) on the last of our public land, now zoned for education. No one knows about this, residents are not being given public records when we ask in writing, we are not getting answers to our questions, we are shut up on camera at public hearings. We do not believe […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Newsgathering School Records

State university won’t disclose student cafeteria workers’ pay

[…] a 2007 case that the salaries of certain highly paid employees, specifically police officers earning more than $100,000 a year, were subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act (and those salaries could be matched with specific names). See IFPTE v. Superior Court, 42 Cal. 4th 319 (2007). Case after case following IFPTE seems to recognize that […]

June 14, 2014
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CPRA

Coastal Permit access under PRA

Coastal permits held by a state or local agency would presumptively be subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act, so obtaining a copy of the permit that you seek probably requires making a simple request for it from the agency. You might first check the agency’s website to see if it has some sort […]

April 29, 2016
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California Assembly Bill 1479 Would Add Much-Needed Teeth to Disclosure Requirements Under the California Public Records Act

One of the most frequent complaints FAC hears from people seeking records under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) is that government agencies simply ignore the law's requirement that the government respond to a request within a certain time frame. One reason government agencies do this is that there is very little cost to […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
April 20, 2017
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CPRA

City Hall withholding excessive water users’ ID info

As for your question regarding the names or addresses of those exceeding city water rationing requirements, unfortunately there is a specific exemption under the California Public Records Act that exempts from disclosure "the name, credit history, utility usage data, home address, or telephone number of utility customers to local agencies," though it goes on […]

July 14, 2014
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CPRA School Records

School district denies all complaint related CPRA requests

[…] our family by parents involved in targeting and harassing our 7-year-old autistic son. The district did not notify us of these allegations, so we filed a public records request to access the documents involved in the allegations. We did not reference a name, thus not asking for confidentiality issues to be involved. Our request […]

May 21, 2013
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CPRA

Is gender of foster care staff public information?

[…] sexual abuse in a foster care shelter. We requested the gender for two staff members because they have ambiguous names. The county asserted that Section 6254(c), the personnel records exceptions applies. Staffing decisions at the facility are made based on gender (male staff members are not supposed to oversee female resident's baths), which makes their […]

August 13, 2014
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Brown Act

Planning a Closed Session to Allow Confidential Documents

[…] of a local agency by any person in connection with a matter subject to discussion or consideration at an open meeting of the body, are disclosable public records under the California Public Records Act," ("PRA"), unless one of the PRA’s exemptions from disclosure applies. Cal Gov’t Code 54957.5. Essentially, this provision serves as an […]

June 14, 2009