March 18, 2016
Can cities withhold public access to calendars?
My City is planning to build a large in-patient psychiatric hospital less than 600 feet from a high school. So…
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March 2, 2016
Can I be charged $6000 for staff time needed to find and redact requested records?
My recent request for public records was granted. However, the agency wants to charge me about $6000 to supply the records because of…
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January 14, 2016
CPRA request was denied for document discussed in open session
I cover the County Board of Supervisors. During a discussion in open session regarding a legal settlement involving a civil…
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January 13, 2016
Attempting to access phone call recordings made from jail
I want to request a copy of the recordings or transcripts of phone calls placed by an inmate at the…
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December 12, 2015
CPRA request for animal shelter euthanasia log redact staff members names
California animal shelters use sodium pentobarbital to perform euthanasia on shelter animals by lethal injection. Sodium pentobarbital is a Class…
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December 12, 2015
CPRA request for disclosure of evidence related to School District misconduct case
I am a former public school teacher who was accused of misconduct. I signed a settlement September 2014 in order to…
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November 16, 2015
I’m applying to volunteer for the Sheriff’s Dept. Is that form subject to CPRA requests?
I am considering volunteering for a local sheriff’s department. I was given a 14 page document by the department to…
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November 16, 2015
Sheriff’s office refuses to release crime report unless I am a victim
I am trying to get a copy of a public police report from 1999. I phoned the County Sheriff’s Records…
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November 14, 2015
County said no matches for my CPRA request, but I know docs exist. What now?
I requested email records sent by people in a supervisor’s office, using keywords and a date range.
The response said…
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October 16, 2015
Animal shelters deny CPRA request for names of rescue orgs we want to support
Our volunteer group requested animal shelter records on animals that were impounded at a few city/county shelters. Among the information…