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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 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

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 School Records

Public Records Act Request Denied Due to Inability to Redact “Deliberative Material”

[…] report that was generated using this data. The school district has informed me that the records that I requested are exempt from disclosure citing Gov. Code § 6255. I appealed the decision based on the wording of the code that states: "If a record contains both factual and deliberative materials, the deliberative materials may […]

February 20, 2018
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Brown Act CPRA

Are a city manager’ meetings with his staff covered by the Brown Act?

[…] of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record." Govt. Code § 6255(a). You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, on the FAC’s website here. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel […]

January 18, 2015
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CPRA

County’s Technical Review

[…] apparently completed with "funds already budgeted." The "technical update" was not available to the public. A formal records request was denied by the County's interim Deputy County Counsel. It is hard to imagine that this response could be justified by 6255. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations you can make about how to pursue this.

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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Brown Act

Should school superintendent’s goals be made in closed session?

[…] this chapter shall be construed to prevent the legislative body of a local agency from holding closed sessions during a regular or special meeting to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee […]

April 13, 2012
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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
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How much can I spend advertising against a ballot measure?

[…] "any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendar year. (b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendar year; or (c) Makes contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or […]

July 7, 2010