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A&A: Does city’s “fee schedule” for public records violate CPRA?

FAC June 24, 2010

Q: A media partner of ours reported that a municipality has adopted a “schedule of charges” for public records requests. The board voted that there will be a $25 administrative fee per request. The number of pages requested will generate additional fees. The first 10 pages of records will cost $1 per page and each additional page up to 50 pages will cost 25 cents per page. Requests that exceed 50 pages will be provided

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A&A: Tax Document Exemptions from Public Records Requests

FAC June 23, 2010

Q: We requested consultant contracts from the county office of education, but the information we received was incomplete.  We’ve thought of requesting the list of consultants who received an IRS 1099 form, but we’re concerned that we would be denied the information on the grounds that it falls under the “tax” exclusion section of the PRA.  Is there wording that would work? If we had the list, we could then request the contracts; however, the

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A&A: Fee for email copies same as paper copies?

FAC March 18, 2010

Q: I filed a complaint with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). The investigation is now complete, and I have requested a copy of the complete file.  The DFEH district administrator responded stating cost of 10 cents per page plus postage needs to be paid before I can receive file copy.  I requested to have it sent by email instead to avoid  fee, but DFEH insist charging cost per page even if sent

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

FAC November 24, 2009

Q: I just requested an incident report from the Fire Department relating to a fire at my property. They wanted 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

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A&A: Access to public records denied during business hours

FAC November 20, 2009

Q: On at least four occasions , I have gone to the Park and Recreation Department to review public records (on site, in the building) during normal business hours and I have been sent away. If at all possible, I would like to file a motion this week to force the department to allow me access to these and other records. A: I am sorry to hear that you are having such a hard time

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