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CPRA Police Records

Are police informant contracts subject to the PRA?

I am a journalist investigating the local County Narcotics task force and their use of confidential informants. I know the task force has their informants sign contracts - I want to file a public records request for full disclosure of said contracts. I know they will likely deny this, but is there any way to […]

April 27, 2016
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CPRA

CPRA request for disclosure of evidence related to School District misconduct case

[…] 2014 in order to resign from the district. Now my case is coming up for review with the CA Commission on Teacher Credentialing. I believe materials provided by the School District have been falsified. I submitted a CPRA request on June 18, 2015, received the ten-day letter on July 10, 2015, but still have not […]

December 12, 2015
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CPRA

Request for documents on Tax Lien Sale denied. Why?

How do I request in writing all records and e-mail communication on a property that was removed from a Tax Lien Sale from the time the first code enforcement violations to the present time. I have been refused an informal request without a good explanation. I would like to see the law that would […]

October 6, 2011
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Brown Act CPRA

Brown Act violation involving resignations

During a Community Service District meeting in Sept., the board president read a resignation statement effective Dec. 31, however the statement was never made available to the public. At the end of December meeting, the board president announced that he was rescinding his resignation, but did so without obtaining board approval. Under the Brown […]

April 4, 2016
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Brown Act CPRA School Records

Parents not invited to meeting that resulted in removing their autistic student from public school

[…] us to force this placement. We believe that at this public meeting--that we were denied information and access to--a decision was made to remove our son from public education. Did the Board of Ed member violate policy by meeting in a public forum to discuss our son’s disability, while continuing to deny us all information?

May 16, 2012
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CPRA

Is A Public Agency Required to Disclose Names of Board Member Applicants?

We are trying to obtain the names of applicants for board vacancies, not the applications themselves or the information they contain, which seems to be covered by the California First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court (Wilson) 1998. Voters in November authorized the District to turn operation of the hospital over to a nonprofit corporation, […]

February 23, 2018
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Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act CPRA

Are state Task Force meetings covered under the Brown Act?

The state has assembled a Task Force and advertises its meetings (quietly) but claims they are not public meetings. They've said I can't attend. In fact I don't even know whether the meetings take place at a physical location or are mere conference calls. I believe they are public meetings because the Task […]

July 11, 2017
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CPRA

Public Universities, Listservs, and Destruction of Records

Our local, university-run public radio station, has been attempting to create a "confidentiality policy" to prevent entries in its online volunteer listserv from appearing in the newspaper. Because I believe the taxpayer-funded listserv content is a public document, I filed a PRA request for one day’s worth of postings. The university has replied that […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Barring the Media from recording an Open Meeting

Can a Home Owners Association Board of Directors prohibit a member of the press from recording the events during the open session of the monthly meeting in which the press was invited by a group of home owners?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Request for councilmembers salaries not granted

I requested the salaries and health benefits of City Council members. It took one month to receive and I didn't get what I'd asked for. I also asked for information regarding the voiding of a parking citation that they would not release.

October 13, 2010