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    CPRA

    Does the CPRA allow use of iPhone to photograph public records?

    […] . . shall make the records promptly available upon payment of fees covering the direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable" Govt. Code section 6253(b). Nothing in the law either requires or forbids the agency from permitting private individuals from making their own copies of such records with a camera, scanner or […]

    January 9, 2013

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    CPRA

    Is It Legal To Share Public Documents Received From One School District With Another School District?

    […] possession, with others. With regard to your second question, the Public Records Act does not require written requests, but written requests require written responses. Gov’t Code § 6253(b). Agencies are required to respond to written requests for records within 10 calendar days of receipt of the request, and may extend that deadline by an additional […]

    September 24, 2021

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    CPRA

    Countering a claim of non-existent records

    […] consent of the city attorney, the head of a city department may destroy any city record, document, instrument, book or paper, under his charge, without making a copy thereof, after the same is no longer required. This section does not authorize the destruction of: (a) Records affecting the title to real property or liens […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Complaints, and Public Record

    My city’s Code Enforcement department has many pages of complaints about the building in which I'm living. I am collecting documentation, and I would like a copy of the pages (I think there are 5) of complaints they've had about this building. I imagine that these are public record, as Code Enforcement is a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    How to access arrest warrants

    […] denying access to the records or information sought.Gov't Code § 6253.1: (a) When a member of the public requests to inspect a public record or obtain a copy of a public record, the public agency, in order to assist the member of the public make a focused and effective request that reasonably describes an […]

    July 8, 2011

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Proposals and Public Records, Limiting Public Comment

    […] 6252.  The right to inspect and copy the records maintained by state or local agencies is presumed, unless some exemption of the PRA applies.  Gov't Code § 6253(b).  It is not immediately apparent whether any exemption would apply to exempt the proposals you reference.  (The exemption for "preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intra-agency memoranda" […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can a public agency demand research fees on a public records request?

    […] fees an agency can charge for responding to a public records request to the "direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable." Govt. Code section 6253(b). As you note, that provision has been interpreted to bar an agency from charging for costs associated with searching for, reviewing or redacting information. North County Parents […]

    August 22, 2012

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    CPRA Police Records

    Are CPRA exemptions discretionary?

    […] in the other direction and refuse all requests on current cases including: A suspect/arrestee named in a crime report for a pending case may not obtain a copy of the crime report from the police department. An arrestee named in a crime report for a pending case may obtain a copy of the crime […]

    August 21, 2012