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CPRA

Do legal fees count under pending litigation CPRA exemption?

[…] revealing the total money spent is privileged because the case is in active litigation. It would appear to me that no privileged information concerning the case would be jeopardized by providing the total amount of taxpayer money spent on the this case. Is the County required to provide this information under the Public Records Act?

February 4, 2014
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CPRA Newsgathering

Dental Board of California & the CPRA

[…] California refused my CPRA request for reports of dental complications pursuant to the Business and Professions Code 1680(z)(1-3). The Board maintains that these records are exempt under Government Code Section 6254(f). The Board contends that these reports are exempt because they are complaints or investigations compiled for licensing purposes. I believe the Board is wrong […]

April 19, 2016
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CPRA School Records

What’s meant by “electronic form” documents under the CPRA?

[…] was not granted access. Would a document with restricted access be considered an "electronic form" if they printed it from a website that I cannot access and it looks like it is a template from the California Dept. of Education? Under the CPRA, what is meant by "electronic form" documents? Is that on a CD?

August 5, 2011
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CPRA

How do I enforce my right under the CPRA to inspect records?

I have submitted via fax a Public Records Act Request to a California healthcare district hospital that is a local government entity. The district responded to one request on the PRA but not to the request to inspect the Department of Respiratory Therapy Policy and Procedures Manual. (The title of the manual was found […]

June 7, 2017
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CPRA Newsgathering School Records

School denies access to all info about coach fired amid rumors players’ were abused.

I cover school sports for the local newspaper and recently a coach was fired amid rumors that he/she was abusive toward players. Apparently the schools feel no obligation to answer questions on the troubling situation. When asked, they invoke the phrase "personnel matter" like a talisman, and won't say anything beyond either "the coach […]

March 9, 2014
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Brown Act CPRA

A Board member vs. public member rights under PRA

[…] fire chief (e.g. audio/video recording of board meetings, copies of invoices) and I have been told that as a board member I must follow different rules then the public. I have been told I must make my request in writing to the board chair, and then he would put it on next month's agenda […]

March 23, 2016
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CPRA

How do I challenge the results of a public records act request?

I am working with a community organization that has filed public records requests with the School District asking for certain data pertaining to enrollment statistics for a subset of their total population. We have reason so believe that the information they have provided is inaccurate. One indicator, for example, is that they have provided […]

February 10, 2017
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CPRA Police Records

Under CPRA, do I have a right to know who issued a citation?

I recently received a copy of vehicular citations from a local police department. The names of the officers issuing the citations are not listed. Do I have a right under the CPRA to find out the name of the officer?

September 10, 2014
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Brown Act

Does the Brown Act apply to volunteer fire company

[…] the Public Records Act but is the rest of our records part of the same Act. We believe that we are not part of the Brown Act because we have none of our members on the Fire Dept. Board and visa versa. We are a separate entity formed by our group back in the 50's.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Police Blotter Information

[…] and their City Attorney denied my request to have the Department print a more detailed report. In summary, the City Attorney responded: "As to your concerns regarding Government Code 6254(f)(2) which you believe requires certain information in a "police blotter", we must disagree with your reading of the law. Although the information listed in […]

June 14, 2009