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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Is A Public Agency Required to Disclose Names of Board Member Applicants?

    First, as a technical matter, California’s Public Records Act requires the disclosure of "writings" rather than information, per se, Gov’t Code § 6252.  So, technically, a PRA request would encompass records that reflect applicant names rather than simply asking for the names.  As a practical matter, this could mean requesting, e.g., records sufficient to […]

    February 23, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    School District Stalling Over My Request For Gender Breakdowns On Student Performance

    When an agency receives a request for public records, it has ten days (and fourteen extra in statutorily-defined "unusual circumstances") to determine whether the request seeks copies of disclosable records, and to either disclose them or cite an applicable exemption and its reasoning why that exemption applies. Cal. Gov. Code § 6253(c). When an […]

    April 21, 2022

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA FOIA Police Records

    Obtaining concluded investigative reports

    […] in California.The Freedom of Information Act, which you refer to, applies only to federal law enforcement -- such as the FBI or US Marshal's Service.The California Public Records Act applies to local law enforcement (city police and county sheriff's departments).Based on the comment in your email that "individual law enforcement personnel files are not […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Changing search warrant policy

    […] may not be sealed in whole or in part (a redaction is the equivalent of a partial sealing) without first satisfying the strict procedure for sealing court records mandated by the California Supreme Court in its 1999 decision in NBC Subsidiary and later codified in California Rules of Court 2.550-2.551.  Under these rules, court […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Disclosure of Traffic Tickets, Personal Information

    Court records are not subject to the Public Records Act.  However, there is a public right of access to court records under both the United States and California constitutions.  See NBC Subsidiary (KNBC-TV), Inc. v. Superior Court, 20 Cal. 4th 1178 (1999); Burkle v. Burkle, 135 Cal. App. 4th 1045 (2006). California Rule of […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I go to small claims to appeal a denial of my CPRA request?

    I understand from your website that there is no administrative appeal process for someone whose request for records was denied under CPRA, and that litigation is the only recourse. Given that, could I feasibly go to small claims for relief in equity to appeal the denial and get my records? Just to clarify, does that […]

    August 13, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Latest News

    Blog Cases

    FAC, EFF and Wired win unsealing of documents in hip-hop website seizure case

    […] unsealed records related to a government shutdown of a music blog/website, Dajaz1.com, for suspicion of copyright piracy. The unsealing had been requested by FAC, Wired, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Using a forfeiture authority usually invoked to seize cars and houses in drug cases, federal authorities had seized the hip hop website, then avoided […]

    May 16, 2012