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    CPRA

    Agency missed CPRA request deadline

    […] available for inspection during an agency's office hours and that copies of public records must be made available "promptly" upon payment of any duplication fees.Govt. Code Section 6253(b). The PRA directs agencies to determine whether a request calls for the production of public records "within 10 days from receipt of the request," but does permit […]

    October 12, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    A Can the city legally refuse to fulfill my request unless I use their form?

    […] the agency personnel processing the requests. Unfortunately, I haven’t found any law pertaining to the use of specific forms.  The PRA states, "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 […]

    August 13, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Is all information about public employment tests exempt?

    […] the only pieces of relevant authority is a 1981 opinion in which the California Attorney General wrote that an elementary or high school district must disclose a copy of textbooks or other written materials under the PRA, "with the exception of test questions, scoring keys and other examination data."64 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 186 […]

    July 29, 2011

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    CPRA

    Agency charging $2k for redacting electronic records

    […] be included. So we have only the precise language of the statute as guidance: (b) . . . the requester shall bear the cost of producing a copy of the record, including the cost to construct a record, and the cost of programming and computer services necessary to produce a copy of the record […]

    April 13, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Agency’s proposed fees for producing electronic records–$2,000!

    […] be included. So we have only the precise language of the statute as guidance: (b) . . . the requester shall bear the cost of producing a copy of the record, including the cost to construct a record, and the cost of programming and computer services necessary to produce a copy of the record […]

    March 28, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    City wants me to pay to see report on fire at my house

    […] to charge me $16 just to view the record, and said that they had been authorized to do so by the City Council.  Is this legal?  GovC 6253(b) authorizes charges "... of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable."  Does a city council resolution and ordinance authorizing the $16 fee […]

    November 24, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    UC keeps extending my records request without providing a reason

    […] me extend the Coalition's sympathies for your recent loss. The Public Records Act, at Government Code section 6253(c), provides 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 whole or in part, seeks copies of disclosable public records […]

    September 8, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Required to pay research fee for building permit search

    […] I  had to pay $55 for building research fee to cover "staff time." Copies, if asked for, are an additional 25 cents per page, but I guess copying fee of that amount is borderline legitimate. They have been charging this since at least 1995. I personally know at least 25 people who paid that […]

    March 5, 2012