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CPRA

Countering a claim of non-existent records

Due to the fact that we have not been able to receive a public information request from the city of San Diego, various departments keep saying they don't have the information, yet I personally viewed it 10 years ago, I am wondering if you could tell me what the average costs are to proceed […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Closed Sessions and Permissible Topics

My local city council has apparently held closed session meetings on whether or not they will repair a landslide on a city street. The agenda notification listed only pending litigation, but did not list the specific subject. These meetings resulted in public policy decisions. I have made a CPRA request for public records relating […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Charging for research and the CPRA

[…] staff spent searching for the materials. I found this high cost to be quite ridiculous and then saw on your website that it is illegal for public entities to charge for the cost of labor. I find this amazing because on the district's form they have a section to fill in the cost of […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

California Driver’s License Numbers and the CPRA

Must a public agency provide driver's licenses of business owners it licenses? Can or must the public agency redact any of the information like the actual CDL number?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

Are School Yearbooks Public Records?

I would like to know if Student Yearbooks held by a school district are considered public records. I recently contacted a District about it and was informed they would not allow me to review the yearbooks.

June 14, 2009
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Court Records CPRA First Amendment FOIA

Appellate Case Court Records

[…] and referred me to www.courtinfo.ca.gov. This is not what I requested and only lists unpublished cases for 100 days previous. I know that this data is required by law to be gathered. Which law/statute? There is an unusual number of affirmations coming out of the appellate court with these judges’ rulings. How do I […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

Accessing School Title IX Report

Someone filed a complaint in 2007 alleging that the School District in has failed to comply with Title IX of the Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1972. Then OCR, the agency responsible for compliance with Title IX within the US Department of Education contacted the district and the district filed […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Accessing Police Reports

I have a court date in small claims court against a termite company. I was told by a detective that I need to prove "preponderance of evidence" which when explained to me meant that I only need to prove that the termite company could have some fault in the burglary that took place at […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA Newsgathering

Accessing document constituting an agenda and agency audits

I'm a reporter at a suburban L.A. newspaper. I have two questions that relate to two different government bodies: 1) A charter high school, which is covered by the Brown Act, posts its Board's agenda 72 hours online before meetings. However, it never posts the documents constituting the agenda (e.g. text of resolutions to […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Access to transcripts of 911 calls

I was involved in a hit and run accident in May of last year. I have requested transcript of the call to the CHP officer that came from the Los Angeles County 911 service and dispatched the CHP officer to the accident location. I have requested this document through the L.A City Arson Inv. […]

June 14, 2009