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    CPRA

    What rules apply to searching DMV database?

    […] The Act specifically provides that the local agency may charge a fee for a copy of a Public Record pursuant to Gov't Code section 6253.Gov't Code section 54957.5(d). The Act also provides that copies of records must be made available "upon payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if […]

    December 7, 2010

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    Brown Act CPRA

    City Attorney says legal analysis is a CPRA exemption

    […] be made available upon request without delay," this requirement does not apply to records exempt from disclosure pursuant to Govt. Code section 6254. See Govt. Code section 54957.5. Note that there is no requirement that the documents pertain to a pending meeting, as long as they are in connection with matter that is subject […]

    June 10, 2013

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    Brown Act CPRA Newsgathering

    Accessing document constituting an agenda and agency audits

    […] the body, are disclosable public records under the California Public Records Act . . ., and shall be made available upon request without delay."  Govt. Code Section 54957.5. 2) There is no general rule with respect to access to public agency audits.  The default rule is therefore the one that applies to all public […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Lawsuits Among School Trustees

    […] a party; a decision to participate as an amicus curiae in a third-party case; and a decision to approve the settlement of pending litigation.  Govt. Code Section 54957.1. As for prohibited disclosure, the Brown Act provides that "a person may not disclose confidential information that has been acquired by being present in a closed […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access to rezoning information

    […] to discussion or consideration at a public meeting of the body, are disclosable under the and shall be made available upon request without delay."  Gov't Code Section 54957.5(a).   Therefore, materials distributed at such a meeting should be made available "without delay," upon request, unless one of the PRA's exceptions to disclosure applies.  This language […]

    June 14, 2009

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    In their handling of controversy surrounding Chemerinsky and Summers, UC’s leaders showed themselves unable or unwilling to defend academic freedom

    […] Erwin Chemerinsky, a liberal, as the dean of its new law school. Chancellor Michael Drake, rather than resisting pressure from conservative quarters to politicize a key academic appointment, fired Chemerinsky last week. (Later, apparently realizing that his action would do grave harm to the fledgling law school, Drake went hat-in-hand to Chemerinsky and publicly […]

    June 3, 2009