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CPRA FOIA

Construction inspectors’ addresses omitted from CPRA response

[…] of crane construction inspectors. Cal OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) responded to my CPRA request with a partial list of crane inspectors, with their addresses. I demanded the rest of the list and they gave me an alleged complete list without the requested addresses. They said the addresses were exempt as personal info. Is this true […]

July 18, 2013
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Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

Are Community College Faculty Senate meetings covered by the Brown Act?

[…] were made. So, does a Faculty Senate have to keep a record of how senators vote, along with some brief notes, at least, regarding what was said by the senators?If so, doesn’t this information have to be released? In the past, the Senate kept more detailed notes, but the current body is releasing incredibly […]

January 30, 2012
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CPRA

Can An Agency Charge Fees for Inspecting Public Records?

I am inquiring whether agencies can charge you to inspect emails or get copies of emails based on Government Code section 6253.9(b)? Are they allowed to use rule of cost to construct a record, and the cost of programming and computer services necessary to produce a copy of the record, for the charging of […]

February 26, 2018
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CPRA

What is the CPRA rule regarding retention of emails?

As far as the CPRA is concerned, I filed for any emails concerning media policy and the district told me that emails are only archived for four years. Is that legal? Is there a statute of limitations on how far back public agencies must keep emails on file?

April 1, 2015
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CPRA

Are emails sent to elected officials private or public?

Are emails sent by residents to the council or other government entities (GE) concerning a hot button issue considered public records?Or are they somehow protected by the "right to privacy" and beyond public scrutiny? In this case, the GE itself asked residents to send the emails and is making policy decisions based on the […]

September 17, 2010
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Brown Act CPRA

Park & Rec “advisory committee” keeping its advice secret

1. Can the (recently appointed) president of a Park and Recreation board form a "Management Committee" without approval of the full Board when one of the (two) members of said Committee is a public member? 2. This "Committee" met with representatives of several public and possibly private (non-profit) organizations without publicly reporting who they […]

August 8, 2011
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Brown Act CPRA

County Bar Association and the CPRA and Brown Act

I am reading the Attorney General opinion concerning the private cable company that must comply with open meeting and records requests -- would this apply to a local County Bar Association which has been delegated certain county functions. It would seem to me that it would; but they are taking a very aggressive stance […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Private information in the public record

The State of CA Medical Licensing Board has published my private medical info on their License Verification website. Based upon the premise that under the Public Records Act, my license is a Public Document that the public is entitled to see. They claim they are required to tell the Public their justification for […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Accessing Police Reports on Investigations

How do I access information from the county Police Department regarding a shoddy investigation of financial elder abuse?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Accessing Government Phone Records

[…] and desk phone records of elected officials are available for review by citizens/news organizations, etc. and that privilege can not be invoked by a municipality or local government to redact the incoming and outgoing phone numbers from those records. Is that correct? If so - where has this been done before? Other than the […]

June 14, 2009