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    CPRA Police Records

    Traffic Citations and the CPRA

    I have questions in two areas of the CPRA 1. Are traffic citations written by local police agencies records that can (have been) released under CPRA? I’m not an attorney so I’m not sure if these documents would constitute a record of an "arrest" per se since the violator has, in essence, been detained […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    CPRA for personal medical record

    I recently submitted a CPRA request inquiring about my personal medical record. The CPRA was accepted but certain information that I requested was forwarded to several medical departments, requiring their consent to disclose. If a document is not responded to through a CPRA, what are my further options, or entitlements (preceding an expensive court action)?

    April 20, 2016

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    CPRA

    CPRA Request being stonewalled by their attorney

    Our local fire district is a special independent district with the governing board elected by the populace. It is a 5 member board. There are no term limits and several board members have run unopposed for many years. This Board is supposed to provide oversight over the actions of the Fire Chief. Recently members […]

    June 12, 2013

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    First Amendment

    Can peaceful picketing be stopped by the event’s promoter?

    My family and I have been protesting an event but now   the promoter has placed an "order of protection" against us so that we cannot return. He wrote on his order that we are disruptive and that the police had to be called. The police were called but because we were peacefully picketing they […]

    March 18, 2015

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    CPRA

    My PRA request denied, but Buzzfeed published documents on similar case

    […] of 2015, I received a letter from the CBOP citing me for a total of $5000. I was advised by my attorney that since it is a government agency, the citation cannot be fought like a criminal case or a civil case. He called it per se. So I am making payments on it. […]

    September 2, 2016

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    CPRA

    City Records–what does the CPRA say on security, period of retention, availability?

    […] they were lost. Enough records, were excluded, that there is a larger indication, that the records purposely withheld, than of being lost. As a question: What prevents a government from using the excuse of "lost," in every request for government documents, requested? Unavailable documents, are unavailable, right? For a simple request of accountability for … normal […]

    July 20, 2016

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    CPRA

    What penalties have local governments faced for violating the CPRA?

    I'm developing program to teach our office staff how to handle PRAs, and am looking for some examples of local governments, preferably in California, that have been penalized for not abiding by the terms of the law.  Is a lawsuit the only way to remedy it?  Can you share any examples?

    September 16, 2015

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    CPRA

    Councilman asks intern on date via city issued cell

    […] learned that a city councilman was sending text messages to a city intern, asking her for a date. I would like to file a CPR request for the text messages sent from his city issued Blackberry. I'm sure they (the councilman and the city attorney) would try to argue that such a message was […]

    November 21, 2009

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    CPRA

    How long are routine County surveillance records archived?

    I have been fighting a speeding ticket for over the past year. After an initial failed CPRA request, I was able to retrieve dash-cam footage of the incident. However, upon review the County sent me footage from the wrong incident. The data that indicates the date and time of the footage was left out, […]

    May 6, 2016