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    CPRA

    Confidentiality of CPRA requests

    […] someone other than requestor at the time same it is being mailed to the requestor, unless the community organization referenced in your submission asked the agency to copy it with the response. The language in section 6253(c) of the Public Records Act suggests that the agency should be notifying the "person making the request" […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Closed Sessions and Permissible Topics

    […] maintained by state or local agencies.  The right to inspect and copy the records maintained is presumed, unless some exemption of the PRA applies.  Gov't Code § 6253(b).  Since it sounds like the council is stating that such records, if they exist, are not public, you might also ask them (in the event they deny […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Accessing School Title IX Report

    […] district and the district filed what the newspaper called a "report housed in a binder five inches thick"   After I asked the reporter if she had a copy of the report, and she didn’t, I asked the superintendent for a copy of that report housed in a binder five inches thick folder using the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA School Records

    Accessing a public employee’s resume

    […] are necessary to disclose his professional qualifications" or provide the equivalent information in a resume. Eskaton Monterey Hospital v. Myers, 134 Cal. App. 3d 788 (1982) (a copy of this opinion can be found at the link below). The court rejected the argument that disclosing this information would be an unwarranted invasion of the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    State college employees using work email for political campaigning

    […] cite the specific exemptions justifying nondisclosure, and how those exemptions apply to the specific situation. See Gov't Code § 6253(c): --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 […]

    August 12, 2011

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    CPRA School Records

    Many Colleges Denying My CPRA Request for Title IX Report

    […] Act, an agency can only charge for the "direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable" when responding to a PRA request. Govt. Code section 6253(b). "Direct costs of duplication" has been interpreted narrowly, and one case specifically found an agency cannot charge for costs associated with searching for, reviewing or redacting information.See […]

    November 7, 2018