February 4, 2011
Agency answered cure & correct letter with demonstrable falsehoods
I sent a letter to a public agency requesting “cure and correction,” to a Brown Act violation. The Agency responded…
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February 4, 2011
Third time no charm: University denies documents, offers no explanation
The university where I work denied a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request that involved analysis of information that provided justification…
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February 3, 2011
University fails to make good faith effort to respond to records request
I was laid off by the University of California this fall. I subsequently submitted two CPRA requests regarding funding sources…
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February 2, 2011
CPRA not denied, but never produced by agency
I have been waiting for a PRA request from the Dept. of Boating and Waterways since November 4, 2010. I…
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January 12, 2011
Documents once public now denied
In the past 3 years we have requested and received public records of the names and addresses of individual medical…
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January 7, 2011
California Board of Equalization public access rules
Does the California Board of Equalization have any special exemptions or dispensations from the California public records act or public…
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January 4, 2011
Double standard on publishing names of document requesters
We have a unique situation here. A Community Services District has established a policy of publishing the requesters name and…
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January 4, 2011
University claims to have a year to respond to document requests
The Public Affairs director at the local State University claims that he can take four months to a year to…
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January 3, 2011
Brown Act or Bylaws Violation?
If a standing committee’s bylaws stipulate that two meetings will occur in a certain period of time, and there is…
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January 2, 2011
Are Special Districts covered by Brown Act, CPRA?
I’m trying to track down the California law that authorizes special districts. It almost seems as if once in place…