May 16, 2012
Is it legal to sell public records for profit?
Can a person request records under the CA Public Records Act and then make money off of the re-distribution of…
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May 16, 2012
CPRA request on pension investments was denied for the “public good”
I am seeking some clarification regarding the use of Government Code Section 6255(a) by the San Diego County Employees Retirement…
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May 16, 2012
As a retired public employee, can I access my payroll records using the CPRA?
I am a retired public employee and I’m being taken to small claims for an alleged overpayment that supposedly happened…
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May 15, 2012
How do I appeal the denial of a CPRA request?
While traveling in California, I had property stolen out of my hotel room and I filed a police report. When…
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May 15, 2012
Fees for “compiling” digital documents at UC?
I am trying to obtain public records at my university which are stored in electronic format. I have been told…
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May 10, 2012
City says it can’t fulfill CPRA request for a month
I filed a CPRA request with the city for information on a story that I’m reporting on my blog. I…
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April 13, 2012
Trying to gain access to police records on musician’s unresolved cause of death
I have been trying to get information regarding the death of a musician-songwriter for a few years now. He died…
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April 13, 2012
Agency charging $2k for redacting electronic records
I received a cost breakdown from a California State Agency, which proposes to charge me more than $2,000 to produce…
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March 30, 2012
Agency claims my CPRA requests via email are “not public records act request”
In response to an emailed request for public records, the local agency responded that my “series of emails were not…
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March 29, 2012
Should I be allowed to access a report in draft form?
I have made a request for a report commissioned by the city to evaluate the police department. My request was…