Can I be charged $6000 for staff time needed to find and redact requested records?
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My recent request for public records was granted. However, the agency wants to charge me about $6000 to supply the records because of…
I cover the County Board of Supervisors. During a discussion in open session regarding a legal settlement involving a civil…
I want to request a copy of the recordings or transcripts of phone calls placed by an inmate at the…
My question: The Police Commission has the unfortunate practice of allowing the Chief of Police to sit on the dais with…
I am a former public school teacher who was accused of misconduct. I signed a settlement September 2014 in order to…
California animal shelters use sodium pentobarbital to perform euthanasia on shelter animals by lethal injection. Sodium pentobarbital is a Class…
Our Unified School District has negotiated over $30 million in developer fees since 2005 during closed session that should otherwise be…
I am trying to get a copy of a public police report from 1999. I phoned the County Sheriff’s Records…
I am considering volunteering for a local sheriff’s department. I was given a 14 page document by the department to…
I requested email records sent by people in a supervisor’s office, using keywords and a date range.
The response said…