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CPRA Police Records

Jail Files of Prisoner Suicide

I want to investigate the suicide of man in the county jail. Can I get access to his files at the public defender and district attorney offices now that he is dead? Or are they still exempt from the CPRA?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Internal audit reports and the CPRA

At the Metropolitan Transit System there is a practice of giving the Board of Directors copies of internal audit reports, in open session. These reports are not made available during the meeting when requested. These reports are not available for inspection when requested. When I requested the reports, I was told the internal audit […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Drafts and Public Record

[…] is reviewing and commenting on a Draft EIR for a large project they are undertaking. They have been getting drafts and commenting on it and then returning the comments to the consultant who presumably is editing the EIR in response to the comments. Are the Drafts of the EIR public records that I should […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

DMV License Plate Records

[…] a peaceful rally and protest. At this event there was a cube van that appeared to be a surveillance vehicle. I have photos of this van showing the front and read license plate. After the event, at my request, a Sheriff's deputy ran the plate and it came back as non-existent. A DMV telephone […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Details of Preliminary Lawsuit Settlements

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board approved a settlement of a lawsuit by Clear Channel Outdoor regarding the removal of some billboards from MTA property to make way for a street improvement project. On or about the same time, the MTA agreed to sell some surplus property to the City for a park project, […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records CPRA Newsgathering

Destruction of Council Office Files

In our city, an outgoing City Councilmember (defeated in the latest election cycle) purged his/her Council office files of virtually all documents (hard copy and computer files) prior to the new Councilmember taking office. Our city has a document destruction policy which it follows for other city departments (including agendized notice, documents listed, Council […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

County Bids and Contracts, Public Record

I bid on a copier RFP for the County Court and lost the bid. I would like to know if I can request a copy of the bid and the contract and will they have to give it to me. I thought under the public record act they would have to.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Confidentiality of CPRA requests

Are responses to Public Records Act requests confidential? Some allegations were made about a person by an employee of a public agency. They were printed in the newspaper. This person asked for copies of the documentation that the county employee had to support their allegations. The response to that person's PRA request was mailed […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Awarding Attorney’s Fees in CPRA Cases

[…] a CPRA case against Caltrans where we prevailed completely and yet we were slapped with the majority of our attorney's fees and costs without justification or rationale by the Superior Court. Even though Caltrans did not raise a single legal objection to the reasonableness of the attorney's fees during the litigation, the Court drastically […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Are oral CPRA requests permitted?

I'm new to public records laws in California, and curious if you can help. What is the requirement in California for initiating that inquiry? Do I need to send a written request, or is a verbal request deemed to have the same weight?

June 14, 2009