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    Brown Act CPRA

    School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private?

    Under the Brown Act, does a school board have the obligation to disclose the goals they set for the district superintendent of schools? Similarly, do they have the obligation to disclose the evaluation criteria for the superintendent of schools? The evaluation criteria for teachers is in the public record, so why not the same […]

    August 14, 2014

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    CPRA

    Are the applications for state professional licenses public?

    I am a researcher for a state government agency.  For a current project, I hoped to access the applications for state professional licenses submitted by engineers. I say the records are public. Our lawyer said no.  Help!

    August 16, 2011

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    CPRA Police Records

    Is footage taken by an officer wearing a body-camera a public document?

     How do I go about requesting from the Police Dept. footage  taken with a hidden camera worn by one of their officers? Also if it actually wasn't a Dept. issued body camera but either a personal or Dept. Issued cell/smart phone set up as a camera worn on the officer's person, does that footage qualify under the […]

    June 12, 2014

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    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Police blotters and the CPRA

    […] freelance for a community newspaper and I cover anything that goes on in one city. I have been trying to deepen my coverage and want to check the police blotter more regularly, only when I went recently I noticed that it was a couple days behind. I went back a second time a day […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Public Funds and the CPRA

    Are organizations that put on state fairs with public money subject to the CPRA, especially considering their authorization in law?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can An Agency Extend Response to a CPRA Request Up to Eight Weeks Due to Covid?

    I received a response to a CPRA request notifying me that I would likely not receive a response for eight weeks. Is this extended window consistent with the PRA? If it is not, what remedies are available to me? [This questions was submitted in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic.)

    April 21, 2022

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    CPRA

    Are Construction Permits Accessible Under the CPRA?

    We are doing an investigation about a non-profit organization in California. We tried to request construction permit information from the county where the organization's building is located. The county denied our request for this information, claiming that this is not available to the public. Is it legal to deny this kind of information? Please […]

    April 26, 2022

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    CPRA

    Help Needed In Requesting Documents from California Coastal Commission

    I need to access documents from the California Coastal Commission in an appeal, including information regarding upload logs of documents to their website, all interagency correspondences with Coastal regarding our project, any announcements of the hearing, and all communications between the Commission and any parties regarding our project but most important, correspondence between staff […]

    March 16, 2020