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    Explainers

    […] state & local agencies, which must generally disclose any public record on request to any member of the public unless the record falls within a specific statutory exemption from disclosure. Govt. Code §§ 7922.525, 7922.530. The CPRA provides for two means of accessing public records: inspection and copying. As to inspection, the CPRA states, […]

    July 3, 2024

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    CPRA

    Can I access emails of city employees using personal emails for city business?

    […] employees have written emails stating that the system is not working properly. In response, the city attorney exempted an unspecified number of emails citing a ’deliberative process’ exemption in CCC 6252(d), 6254(a) and (k) and 6255. He cited cases including Rogers v. Superior Court 19 Cal. App. 4th 469 (1993). I’m contacting you to […]

    November 17, 2011

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    CPRA

    Drafts and Public Record

    My city is reviewing and commenting on a Draft EIR for a large project they are undertaking. They have been getting drafts and commenting on it and then returning the comments to the consultant who presumably is editing the EIR in response to the comments. Are the Drafts of the EIR public records that […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Help Needed In Requesting Documents from California Coastal Commission

    […] provision of the Act or other law exempts them from disclosure. The CPRA contains many exceptions to its disclosure rules, including, possibly relevant here, the deliberative process exemption and the drafts exemption. There is a chance that the Commission may claim that some of the documents you requested are subject to the "drafts" exemption. […]

    March 16, 2020

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing county’s payments to a doctor now under arrest for molestation

    […] also incorporates hundreds of "specific" exemptions that have been added over time. Many of these exemptions are listed, starting at § 6275. Finally, there is a "catch-all" exemption that the government will sometimes invoke if a more specific exemption doesn’t apply. See Gov’t Code § 6255(a). This catch-all focuses on whether the public interest […]

    November 12, 2011

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Park & Rec “advisory committee” keeping its advice secret

    […] exempts them from disclosure. Thus, any records prepared or retained by this particular management committee would seem to be subject to disclosure under the Act, unless some exemption applies. Please note that the Public Records Act applies to records, and not information, so in any Public Records Act request that you make, you may […]

    August 8, 2011

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    CPRA

    Is County Fire Chief’s Association subject to CPRA?

    […] drafts of the contract are not subject to disclosure, although if the agency is claiming that one of the PRA’s exemptions allows for this, it must cite the exemption and exactly how it applies.  See Gov’t Code § 6253(c). A contract under negotiation may fit into the "draft" exemption—preliminary drafts, notes or memos not normally […]

    April 15, 2016

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    CPRA

    County’s Technical Review

    […] 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 other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek.  (Gov't code § 6255). It sounds like the agency […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Are draft reports exempt under CPRA?

    […] those records clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure."Govt. Code Section 6454(a). Although some government personnel mistakenly believe that any "draft" document is automatically subject to this exemption, reading the text of the statute itself indicates that the exemption only applies if: (1) the document is a preliminary draft, note, or memorandum; (2) the […]

    February 17, 2011