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CPRA

How can I access records regarding college sports’ recruitment?

[…] in writing, if it will make the records available, or specifically state the exemption it is claiming and how it applies to the requested records. Gov't Code § 6253(c). The agency must also state the estimated date and time when disclosable records will be made available. Gov't Code § 6253(c). My guess is that in most […]

July 21, 2016
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Brown Act CPRA School Records

Are School Board Committee Meetings Subject to the Brown Act?

[…] writing, if it will make the records available, or specifically state the exemption it is claiming and how it applies to the requested records. Gov't Code § 6253(c). The agency has a duty to assist you in making a focused and effective request that reasonably describes identifiable records, and provide suggestions for overcoming any practical […]

February 6, 2018
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CPRA

Trying To Access Autopsy Records Of Mass Shooting Victims

[…] seeks copies of disclosable records, and to either disclose them or to cite an applicable exemption and its reasoning why that exemption applies. Cal. Gov. Code § 6253(c). Sample text for drafting your request can be found on the First Amendment Coalition’s website here. Because a coroner’s report is a writing containing information relating to the […]

April 1, 2020
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CPRA

Does the PRA apply to community college records

[…] are subject to the PRA within 10 days of your request, and "promptly notify" you, in writing, if it will make the records available. Gov’t Code § 6253(c). If not, it must specify why it believes the records are exempt from disclosure. Based on your email, it sounds like the survey is presumptively a record […]

April 12, 2016
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Brown Act CPRA

Planning Commissions, Confidential Complaints, and the CPRA

[…] she has been on the Commission. A sample letter requesting records can be found on CFAC's website, https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. Within 10 days of receipt of your request, sec. 6253(c) requires the agency to "determine whether the request ... seeks copies of disclosable public records," and to "promptly notify the person making the request of the determination […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Minutes deadline

[…] whether a request for public records seeks copies of disclosable public records and must notify the requester of its determination within 10 days. Cal. Govt. Code Section 6253(c).It is not clear what the city means when it says that the minutes "are not ready." It might be useful to make a PRA request for […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Records Request Response Included No Responsive Records

[…] the records you seek are exempt from disclosure, under the California Public Records Act (PRA), it is required to state those exemptions in its response.Gov’t Code § 6253(c). Further, public agencies like the District are required to assist members of the public to make focused and effective requests that "reasonably describes an identifiable record or […]

November 2, 2018
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CPRA

Records retention and PRA

[…] days, and "promptly notify" the requester if it will make the records available, or specifically state the reasons the records are exempt from disclosure. Gov't Code § 6253(c). It would seem that by deleting any records that were specifically requested by a member of the public, the agency could be potentially violating both the spirit and […]

April 26, 2016
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CPRA

Court response time to CPRA

[…] received for a criminal complaint? The California Public Records Act says 10 days but upon written notice an additional 14 days if the request is voluminous ? 6253(c) Does this time limit apply for requests sent by mail?I have typically received responses within 3 weeks of sending my requests using FedEx Air or USPS Express […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Title IX Compliance Report

[…] writing. If it is in writing and the agency decides that it is going to decline your request, they are required to respond in writing (within 10 days) and specify the exemptions to disclosure on which they are relying. In unusual circumstances, the time limit prescribed in this section may be extended by written […]

June 14, 2009