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CPRA

Non-Response to Requests

[…] by state of local agencies. The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days. (Gov't Code § 6253). If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Naturalization records

[…] by state or local agencies. The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days. (Gov't Code § 6253). If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Are the officer’s emails exempt from access under the CA Public Records Act?

[…] are responsive to your request, and whether it is claiming any exemption. The agency must then provide you with copies of disclosable records "promptly." Gov’t Code § 6253(c). If the police department asserts the records you seek are not subject to disclosure, then it is required to identify the exemption claimed and how it applies. […]

September 22, 2015
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CPRA

Local Agencies’ Request for Qualifications Bids

[…] at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days. Gov't Code § 6253. If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Investigative and disciplinary records pertaining to police officers

[…] an exception to the Act's presumption of disclosure.All 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 […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Labor Commission Records

[…] to PRA requests for records. The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days. (Gov't Code § 6253). If the written request is denied, the agency is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA (such […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

What Constitutes a Local Agency

[…] at the following link: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days of a request. Gov't Code § 6253. If you make your request in writing and the request is denied, the agency is obligated to notify you […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

How May I Obtain A Transcript Of Disciplinary Actions Concerning My Son In Prison?

[…] days to respond to the request. The agency must disclose the records "promptly" after identifying whether it does indeed have records responsive to the request. Gov’t Code§ 6253(c). If the agency claims that the records are exempt from public disclosure, it must cite the specific exemption that applies. Id. Sample text for drafting your request […]

February 19, 2021
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CPRA Newsgathering

Should complaints against belligerent councilman be public?

[…] legally sound, and would like further explanation as to the specific reasons why these particular exemptions apply. (Such an explanation is statutorily required under Gov’t Code § 6253(c), which states that each agency, "upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in […]

August 19, 2011
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CPRA

Help Needed In Requesting Documents from California Coastal Commission

[…] 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). If the Commission pushes back or rejects the request without providing enough clarity, you may want to write back and ask that it explain its justification for […]

March 16, 2020