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A&A: CPRA request for animal shelter euthanasia log redact staff members names

FAC December 11, 2015

Q: California animal shelters use sodium pentobarbital to perform euthanasia on shelter animals by lethal injection. Sodium pentobarbital is a Class 3 controlled substance, and consequently, its use is regulated by state and federal law. Shelters are required to keep a log of euthanasia performed in order to keep track of the usage of the controlled drug. Each line of the log contains the dosage administered, the bottle number, the amount remaining in the bottle,

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A&A: Animal shelters deny CPRA request for names of rescue orgs we want to support

FAC October 16, 2015

Q: Our volunteer group requested animal shelter records on animals that were impounded at a few city/county shelters. Among the information we requested related to these animal records was the name of the responding rescue organization that “rescued” the dog from the shelter. We have been told that the shelter(s) will not release the name of the rescue organization(s). There was no statute or other law identified to serve as the basis for denying the request

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A&A: City misses CPRA request deadlines “due to staff vacancies”?

FAC October 12, 2015

Q: My friend and I first requested financial records for two affordable housing projects receiving government subsidies on August 19. The City responded on August 27 informing us that due to staff vacancies they could not fulfill our request, and that they would provide a status update by October 1. On September 4, we responded to the City via email, requesting that we be given access to the subject records or copies of these records by September

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

FAC September 22, 2015

Q: I am considering filing an open records request under the California Public records act for the internal emails of a police sergeant.I suspect there is information related to misconduct on an issue not related to any open criminal case or crime investigation. Are the officer’s emails exempt under the law, or would the department simply have to black out any information related to open investigations and still give me the records? A: It is always

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A&A: How can my records request meet deadline if staff assigned is on vacation?

FAC September 11, 2015

  Q: I made a Public Records Request and received confirmation, but the attorney wrote that my request for is too complex to release now. I sent a reply and learned that the attorney left on vacation for a week. I don’t think there’s an I’m-on-vacation exception in the CPRA. What do I do now? A: The PRA sets forth certain clear requirements with respect to timing of disclosure, and agencies should not be permitted to simply disregard them.

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