Search Results

Showing 661 - 670 of 1859 results

Asked and Answered

First Amendment

Can Golf Group Nix Magazine Give Away in Parking Lot?

I publish a golf lifestyle magazine. We had planned to distribute our magazine free at the parking lots during the US Open. The general parking is at Cal State Monterey Bay and is free. Can the USGA (United States Golf Association) legally prevent us from accessing the lots and passing out the magazines? If […]

June 23, 2010
Asked and Answered

CPRA

Does the CPRA consider an email database public and disclosable?

[…] subject to PRAs. I have submitted countless reports, minutes/agendas, financials and even a record of one full year of emails. Now I have been asked to submit the email database I have developed for communicating with my business members. I am not comfortable giving this database to the public. While I have no problem […]

March 11, 2017
Asked and Answered

CPRA First Amendment

How can I get around the CPRA “catch-all” exemption?

A recent CPRA request to the California Department of Justice resulted in a partial denial of responsive records; they claimed the deliberative process exemption for the records not provided (citing Times Mirror). If a process is not related to something truly requiring secrecy, are there any options to pursue this information and what would […]

October 19, 2011
Asked and Answered

CPRA

Public Officials’ Personal Email

[…] city council member's use of his/her personal email account to discuss city business make that account subject to Public Records Act Requests? If so, is there a threshold between a single or several incidental uses and the systematic use of the personal email for city business that would trigger the account's exposure to such requests?

June 14, 2009
Asked and Answered

CPRA

Prohibiting a citizen from contacting a public agency

The Director of the County Department of Planning and Land Use has decided that I and one other person are part of a "conspiracy" to make the department look bad. It is alleged that this other person and I take department information and "twist it." Both us have been prohibited from contacting any […]

June 14, 2009
Asked and Answered

Brown Act

Planning a Closed Session to Allow Confidential Documents

[…] have reached an agreement to allow the board members to access documents in closed session so that it will be covered under the Brown Act. Can a government entity plan a session to fall under the Brown Act to keep information confidential on hiring documents when it's not for the purpose of actually hiring […]

June 14, 2009
Asked and Answered

CPRA

Personnel Privacy and Public Access to Incident Reports

I was recently hit by a County’s public bus while on the crosswalk (it was a hit and run). Due to the fact that the County’s transportation agency has its own Sheriffs Department, the incident was not reported to the District Attorney and the driver of the bus is being protected by the County […]

June 14, 2009
Asked and Answered

CPRA

Personnel Files

[…] public's right to know." (Bakersfield City School District v. Superior Court of Kern County, 118 Cal. App. 4th 1041, 1045 (2004)). Also note that with respect to government employee's resumes, in 1982 the Court of Appeal upheld an order that an agency disclose "such portions of [a particular employee's] personnel file as are necessary […]

June 14, 2009
Asked and Answered

CPRA Police Records

Obtaining Copies of Video

I was assaulted at old town trolley station by a trolley officer, this assault was caught on video. How do i get a copy of video?

June 14, 2009
Asked and Answered

Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

Non-profit committee receiving state and private grants subject to Brown Act?

I'm a disability activist parent on a non-profit committee sponsored by the public schools, receiving state grants and private grants. I feel the meetings, which we advertise in the newspapers, should be open to journalists and that our budget info is public information. Others on the board want to keep things hush-hush. Do we […]

June 14, 2009