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Are California Charter Schools considered a California State agency and subject to the California Public Records Act?

Background: the superintendent of schools has sent a number of emails to the school board in the past few weeks…

Can one use Proposition 59 to justify a public records request of the sheriff’s calendar?

I’m a reporter at a suburban L.A. newspaper. I have two questions that relate to two different government bodies:

1)…

I would like to know if Student Yearbooks held by a school district are considered public records. I recently contacted…

My local city council has apparently held closed session meetings on whether or not they will repair a landslide on…

I attended a peaceful rally and protest.  At this event there was a cube van that appeared to be a…

I would like to know if information on children attending public schools is available under the Federal Open Records Act. …

I sent a public records act request to the City Clerk of my City and I have not received a…

I freelance for a community newspaper and I cover anything that goes on in one city. I have been trying…