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    Brown Act CPRA

    Redaction of investigative report

    […] a third party would not have the ability to obtain these documents under the Public Records Act, as they would likely be exempt, nor would you have standing to bring suit against the attorney for any breach of duty in failing to disclose the results of the investigation. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel […]

    August 12, 2014

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    CPRA

    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 technicians licensed by the state. The requested public records have been given to us by three different methods. 1. In electronic format by a typed document created by the State of California 2. In […]

    January 12, 2011

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    Brown Act

    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 no quorum present for one of the two meetings, is the committee obligated to schedule another meeting to remain Brown Act compliant?

    January 3, 2011

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    CPRA

    Private information in the public record

    […] on the proponent of nondisclosure. 3.  Where the information at issue helps to explain the government's conduct of its business, which weighs in favor of disclosure. In addition, to the extent there is a state or federal law that would prohibit the disclosure of the specific medical information you are referring to, that law […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Police blotters and the CPRA

    […] been denied.  (Gov't Code § 6253).  Immediate access to up to date police blotters, therefore, may not always be possible.  You might want to try submitting a standing request for these blotters and let the police department know that you will be coming in on a regular basis for such records.  This may alleviate […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Limiting Public Comment at Meetings

    […] a single, specific individual who is consistently the primary target of their ire for speaking on these issues, and for whom the then Mayor created this rule ad-hoc during one meeting, and only afterwards brought it to the City Council and City Attorney for validation. He is now on trial for disrupting a meeting […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Copies of Tapes for Public Record Requests

    […] Hospital will have a new tape to use. They are balking at giving me the tape even though they plan to tape over the contents. How do I address this? Are there any precedents or statutes I can cite in my appeal of their essential refusal to give me the public records I have requested?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Agenda posted online

    Can the legislative body of a state-funded entity discontinue sending notice of standing meetings by reasoning that agendas/minutes are posted on its website? To me, it does not meet the requirement that the public's business be conducted in an open a manner as possible.

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    State appointed School District Trustee violating Brown Act, CPRA

    […] school district and our School Board lost its authority. A State Trustee was appointed and he acts as the School Board. Our group has been monitoring the administration of the school district since April 2013. Since then we have observed numerous violations of the legislation authorizing the takeover of the school district SB 533, […]

    May 18, 2015