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    Explainers

    FAC’s Explainer page provides information about topics relating to public records, open meetings, and freedom of speech that we are often asked about. The information you are looking for may be here, but if it is not, please feel free to submit a request to our Legal Hotline.

    July 3, 2024

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    CPRA

    Can my former employer disclose my personnel records under the CPRA?

    […] My former workplace responded, providing only some records and stating the remaining records are exempt under Government Code Sections 7922.000, 7927.700, and 7927.705. It did not provide any index or log explaining which exemptions applied to particular records. Is this response consistent with the workplace’s obligations under the CPRA? What next steps can I take?

    May 15, 2025

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    CPRA School Records

    What can be done if I believe a public school district has improperly withheld records that should be accessible under the CPRA?

    […] school. The requests concern complaints, investigations, and correspondence involving multiple administrators. The school district has responded to my requests with a pattern of delay, denial, and blanket exemptions. The district has claimed that no non-exempt records exist. The district has refused to provide a Vaughn-style index — which is a document describing each withheld […]

    May 27, 2025

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    CPRA

    Are government employee hiring records accessible under the CPRA?

    […] request personal information on other applicants. The county responded by generally citing the CPRA and only provided the job posting and publicly available materials, without citing specific exemptions or reasons for denial. Was this a permissible response? What recourse do I have if the county does not provide a specific legal reason for withholding […]

    May 16, 2025

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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

    Sheriff Denied My Request For Data From Automated License Plate Readers

    […] members of the public unless they are exempt from disclosure by express exemptions codified in the Act. Cal. Gov. Code § 6253. The CPRA contains a broad exemption for police investigatory records. Specifically, Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(f) exempts "records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of intelligence information or security […]

    January 20, 2021

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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