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Brown Act FOIA

Are the Board of Directors of our Apartment Complex subject to the Brown Act?

[…] submitting a written PRA request. 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. You might also want to remind the district that if the written request is denied, it is obligated to back its denial […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

City Hall withholding excessive water users’ ID info

[…] release the records or not, and if not, exactly why (citing the specific exemption and describing how it applies to the records that you seek). Gov’t Code 6253(c). After you hear back from the city, you can then make your case with respect to the public interest in releasing this information, if necessary. Perhaps the […]

July 14, 2014
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CPRA Police Records

Obtaining Copies of Video

[…] law exempts them from disclosure. 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

I Called Police About My Loud Neighbors Gathering During COVID. Were These Redactions Lawful?

[…] the neighbors was having a very loud late-night party and illegal gathering (vis-à-vis the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order). I called the police and reported the incident. Then, some days later, as the victim of the incident (I live in the neighborhood and was being disturbed by the illegal noise), I emailed a CPRA request asking […]

January 20, 2021
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CPRA Police Records

Obtaining Copies of Police Reports Relating to a Minor

[…] website at: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. Note that the PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days. Cal. 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 […]

June 14, 2009
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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