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State Public Health Department Withholding Public Inspection Records

[…] writing, if it will make the records available, or specifically state the exemption it is claiming and how it applies to the requested records. Gov't Code § 6253(c). The agency has a duty to assist you in making a focused and effective request that reasonably describes identifiable records, and provide suggestions for overcoming any practical […]

February 7, 2018
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CPRA

Is a school caretakers’s security camera subject to CPRA?

[…] of the Act or other law exempts them from disclosure. Furthermore, if requested, the agency must provide "disclosable public records in possession of the agency." Gov't Code § 6253(c). Whether or not the caretaker’s cameras are subject to the California Public Records Act ("PRA") will depend on whether the school has both actual and constructive possession of […]

September 10, 2016
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CPRA

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

[…] to the City via email, requesting that we be given access to the subject records or copies of these records by September 9, which is exactly 14 days from the date of the City's notice. As of today, September 11, we have not received a response from the City. We also submitted a CPRA […]

October 12, 2015
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CPRA First Amendment Police Records

Police say daily crime logs can’t be released to the public

[…] incidents that you saw cited in the log) would seem to take away from other important officer duties. Having been in a similar situation back in my reporting days, my recommendation would be that you and/or your news service send a friendly but strongly worded letter to the PIO, with a cc to the PIO’s supervisor […]

June 17, 2016
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CPRA

Toll Road Agency Says There is No 14-day Requirement for Responding to CPRA Requests

[…] records within 10 calendar days of receipt of the request, and may extend that deadline by an additional 14 days where there are "unusual circumstances."Cal. Gov. Code§ 6253(c). "Unusual circumstances" include: (1) The need to search for and collect the requested records from field facilities or other establishments that are separate from the office processing […]

January 20, 2021
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CPRA

Can City withhold information until it tells City Council members?

[…] the record, either in writing (i.e., through email) or by phone, then technically the timeline for giving you the record would be a bit longer under § 6253(c). It’s a fairly fine distinction, but in the future, if you are under deadline pressure and have reason to believe that a document you are seeking is in […]

August 29, 2016
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CPRA

Accessing public employee timesheets

I am seeking to obtain the time sheets (dates and hours worked) of a particular part-time city administrator. Are time sheets public records that can be accessed to the extent that only the days worked are being requested, (NOT the days absent, days off, vacation/sick time)?

August 4, 2011
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CPRA

City’s Update Letters Not Shared With Public Until A Week After Release to Staff & Council

[…] on Thursday each week. I have requested to receive this letter on the same date as the staff and council receive it, but they purposely wait seven days to send it to me saying that it is under the 10-day rule. I have sent them the section of California law where if what I request is […]

March 10, 2020
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CPRA

Denied access to letters of complaint regarding Airbnb rentals

[…] I found out I could request the letter under the PRA. I did and they sent it. It was an anonymous letter. But it was dated four days after the motion was put online. So again I asked for the letters that were so alarming as to cause the Council to go straight to […]

March 13, 2014
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CPRA

Access to public records denied during business hours

[…] public records in the possession of the agency and shall promptly notify the person making the request of the determination and the reasons therefor." Gov't Code section 6253(c). In "unusual circumstances," an agency may extend its response time by an additional 14 days. Under this statutory framework, you essentially have two options: (1) to request […]

November 21, 2009