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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Investigative and disciplinary records pertaining to police officers

    […] this being said, you are still entitled to a response to your Public Records Act request.Under Government Code section 6253(c), "ach agency, upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable public records […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Charter schools and public oversight

    […] a nonprofit organization governing a charter school is subject to the California Public Records Act ("PRA").  Under the PRA, the public has a right to inspect and copy any record held by any state or local agency unless one of the Act's specific exemptions applies.  See California Government Code 6253.  The PRA explicitly provides […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Court response time to CPRA

    The California Public Records Act (CPRA) does not apply to the courts (see Government Code § 6252(a)). Therefore, when a court responds to your request for a copy of a criminal complaint, it is not required to comply with the deadlines imposed by the CPRA. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can I use information revealed in closed session, or is it privileged?

    […] on the basis of their gender, race, ethnicity, etc. After over two months, they said the charges were no longer pending, but refused to let me have a copy or summary of the investigative report as required by AP 3435 (which they had not adopted). I would argue that pursuing those faux complaints against me […]

    September 1, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Confidentiality of CPRA requests

    […] someone other than requestor at the time same it is being mailed to the requestor, unless the community organization referenced in your submission asked the agency to copy it with the response. The language in section 6253(c) of the Public Records Act suggests that the agency should be notifying the "person making the request" […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    City says it can’t fulfill CPRA request for a month

    As you may already be aware, California's Public Records Act provides that agencies "upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable public records in the possession of the agency and shall promptly […]

    May 10, 2012

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    CPRA

    Title IX Compliance Report

    […] district and the district filed what the newspaper called a "report housed in a binder five inches thick". After I asked the reporter if she had a copy of the report, and she didn’t, I asked the superintendent for a copy of that report using the district’s on-line "Contact Us" form. I received no […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Closed Sessions and Permissible Topics

    […] maintained by state or local agencies.  The right to inspect and copy the records maintained is presumed, unless some exemption of the PRA applies.  Gov't Code § 6253(b).  Since it sounds like the council is stating that such records, if they exist, are not public, you might also ask them (in the event they deny […]

    June 14, 2009