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Are public records requests that are submitted in writing themselves public records and subject to disclosure upon request?

Under the Brown Act, does a school board have the obligation to disclose the goals they set for the district…

We are investigating sexual abuse in a foster care shelter. We requested the gender for two staff members because they have…

 An outside attorney is employed to investigate a city council member. The client is the city council. May the attorney…

 I cover city council meetings for a weekly newspaper in Northern California. City Hall will not release names or addresses…

Yesterday I asked a California Senate committee for copies of the opposition letters they received regarding an active bill and…

I’m a  journalist at a state university where our student cafeteria came under fire from the administration over a party they’d…

 How do I go about requesting from the Police Dept. footage  taken with a hidden camera worn by one of their officers?…

I recently submitted a Public Records Act request in my city.  I have just been told that I will be…

If a group of scientists is doing research at a state university, but the research is funded entirely by the…