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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Requesting Audio Tapes, Time of Response

    […] officer has been attempting to contact the vice president, but the vice president is not responding.  The board has already responded to my request for these public records by telling me (in both meetings) that I could have copies, but the vice president is not forthcoming with the tapes so they can be copied. […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Is CPRA 10-day deadline measured in calendar days or weekdays?

    The PRA provides that "ach agency, upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable public records…" Govt Code § 6253(c) Is that 10 business days or 10 calendar days? How long do […]

    August 23, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Accessing Court Dispositions

    […] Of course, you will probably want to confirm with the clerk’s office just how far back its online system goes, since the system may only contain court records created after a certain date. Even if you cannot access these records online, you might ask the clerk’s office if you can get copies of portions […]

    May 10, 2019

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    CPRA School Records

    Employment documents of officials

    Can I request under the Public Records Act the resume and application for employment of a school district Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent. I have an interest only in the prior employment history and will assume the private data (address etc). will be blocked out. My interpretation of 6254(c) is that prior work history is […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Does Excessive Redaction of FOIA Requested Documents Constitute Censorship?

    As you are aware, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is a federal open records act that provides a mechanism to gain access to public records.  The FOIA requires that a government agency produce existing records that are not otherwise exempt.  5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2).  Under FOIA, there are nine categories of […]

    February 27, 2018

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    CPRA

    Request to Dept. of Insurance regarding bail agents

    My question is about records held by the Department of Insurance. I placed a request regarding information pertaining to bail agents of a certain company. I believe several of these agents obtained a license under fraudulent means by having criminal records. All I wanted was their dates of birth to confirm our suspicious however […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    Why The Fight For Court Access is So Important – Even When it Fails

    […] irony about the unlawful court closure on Oct. 2 is that the hearings in question were themselves about government transparency. Both hearings stemmed from a California Public Records Act lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Northern California against the Vallejo Police Department, alleging that the department failed to produce records relating to investigations into […]

    October 4, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police Denied My Request For An Incident Report

    If you made a Public Records Act request for the incident report, the police agency here should have cited a valid exemption that applies to the report that would justify its nondisclosure.  If the police have not cited any exemption, you might want to write back and press them to justify their withholding.  That […]

    January 4, 2020