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    CPRA

    Are CPRA requests public?

    Are Public Records Act requests themselves exempt from the Public Records Act? Specifically, are PRA logs or other materials used to document PRA requests exempt or available for public review?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    When can a public Board claim attorney-client privilege?

    […] in the litigation." Govt. Code section 54956.9. With respect to whether a written document containing such advice would be a public record subject to inspection, the Public Records Act permits withholding of any record that is subject to the attorney-client privilege. Govt. Code sections 6254(k) (incorporating the provisions of the Evidence Code), 6254.25, 6276.04. […]

    March 25, 2013

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    Cases

    AP, Bloomberg, CNET, Wired.com, LA Times, CNPA join FAC motion in lost-iPhone case

    FAC--The First Amendment Coalition and major news media have requested the California Court presiding over the Gizmodo/missing iPhone matter to unseal judicial records relating to the warrant issued for the search of an online journalist's home and the seizure of his computer, hard drives and other digital files. The motion to unseal the warrant […]

    May 6, 2010

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    Brown Act CPRA

    City Attorney says legal analysis is a CPRA exemption

    […] by the California Supreme Court in Roberts v. City of Palmdale, 5 Cal. 4th 363 (1993). 1. Attorney-client privileged documents are exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act, Govt Code section 6254(k) (incorporating the privileges from the Evidence Code). 2. Although the Brown Act generally provides that all documents distributed to a majority […]

    June 10, 2013

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    CPRA

    Can I withdraw part of a CPRA request?

    […] questions answered in an interview, I would like to withdraw a portion of the request. Is it possible to withdraw a portion of a request under California public records law? Or would withdrawing a portion nullify my rights to the other records (and technically, I could be forced to start the process all over again)?

    August 16, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing public payrolls

    I recently filed a public records request for teacher payroll information with the Los Angeles Unified School District. My request was denied on the grounds that it represented an unreasonable invasion of privacy. It's my understanding that public employee payroll documents should not be exempt through the "privacy" clause. A fellow student working with […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Can TSA deny company public information under FOIA?

    The Freedom of Information Act requires that a government agency produce existing records that are not otherwise exempt.  5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2).  The FOIA applies to existing documents, but nothing in the act requires that an agency produce or compile new records for the benefit of the requesting party.  If an agency denies an individual’s […]

    August 11, 2014

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    Brown Act CPRA

    School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private?

    […] they would need to meet in open session when speaking generally about the goals and criteria upon which a superintendent is to be evaluated. The California Public Records Act governs public access to government records.  The best way for you to obtain the goals and evaluation criteria of the superintendent of schools would be […]

    August 14, 2014

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Can we compel our non-profit hospital to share financial information with the community?

    As private nonprofit organizations, nonprofit hospitals are not subject to either the California Public Records Act or the Brown Act unless they were created by a covered board and delegated some of that board's governmental duties, or if they share a director with a covered board and receive public money from that same board. […]

    October 21, 2013