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    CPRA

    Accessing City Annuities and Investments

    Under the California Public Records Act ("PRA"), records in the possession of public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's enumerated exemptions to disclosure applies.  See Cal Govt Code Section 6252.  Thus, records pertaining to the City's investments that are in the possession of the City are public records unless […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    County Silent In When It Will Fulfill My Request For 911 Calls Received During A Major Wildfire

    Under California’s Public Records Act ("PRA"), "‘public records’ includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics," Gov't Code section 6252(e) – and must be disclosed upon request unless a specific provision of […]

    April 9, 2020

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Sues CA Attorney General to Force Disclosure of Police Misconduct Files

    […] General Xavier Becerra for failing to comply with the state’s new, landmark police transparency law. The suit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, seeks the release of records regarding serious police misconduct — records that all state and local agencies are now required to disclose under Senate Bill 1421. The bill, which went into […]

    February 14, 2019

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    CPRA

    CPRA request response time

    I recently submitted a request for records under the California Public Records Act to a State University. I issued the request in hard format to the University and had the secretary date, stamp it and make a copy for me. I have not heard back from the University. According to the law they are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can public access city’s internal investigation report?

    […] because the city says it is an internal investigation and is not available to anyone outside of City government. This investigation would certainly be of interest to the public to see how the investigation was handled and what the outcome was. Please advise if this type of information is within the California Public Records Act.

    October 27, 2011

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    FAC News Press Release

    FAC Honors 2021 Free Speech & Open Government Award Winners

    […] systemic failures and individual tragedies. As lead reporters for "On Our Watch," a limited-run investigative podcast by KQED and NPR, Lewis and Dirks analyzed newly available public records to shine new light on official decision-making in cases of deadly use of force, sexual misconduct or other official misconduct. The series had significant real-world impact, […]

    February 9, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    My CPRA requests have been ignored. What can I do?

    Where a Public Records Act request is being ignored, I always suggest writing a strongly worded (but friendly) letter to the agency setting forth the facts surrounding the request and the agency’s obligations in responding to the request, which include: Responding in writing to any written requests for records within 10 days of receipt of […]

    May 19, 2015

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    CPRA First Amendment Police Records

    CPRA has time limits on public document’s is availability?

    […] researching. Based on my reading of Government Code Section 6254(f), the information I'm requesting is not investigatory in nature and is fair game under the California Public Records Act. Moreover, all of the cases I'm researching were covered by the local media during previous decades. Nevertheless, the police department has denied my request on the […]

    March 30, 2015

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    Court Records

    Can We Publish Discovery & Depositions From a 1994 California Case?

    […] of truthful information that a newspaper lawfully obtains about a matter of public significance.Smith v. Daily Mail Pub. Co., 443 U.S. 97, 103 (1979). Occasionally, some court records are ordered sealed by a judge.That does not appear to be the case here, but even if a judge did order that these records be sealed, […]

    April 21, 2022