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    CPRA

    Charging for research and the CPRA

    I submitted a Public Records Act Request with the air district, asking for copies of different kinds of permit applications. They came back to us stating that they copied about 50 pages and cost would be $435. Most of this cost was because of the five hours staff spent searching for the materials. I […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Charging for Electronic Records

    A local hospital district claims it is "required" to charge me for access to inspect records that they claim are only available in electronic form.  They have demanded a deposit of hundreds of dollars and my agreement to pay them whatever they determine the actual cost to be.  When you consider that more and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can I insist on the original record?

    I have for many years inspected and made copies of original documents after recordation at the County Recorder's Office. This is part of my business. Now the county has cut off my access to these original papers, saying they are not public records. The county is now selling record copies on CD for about […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Court Records

    Blocking Personal Information from Public View for Safety

    If the disclosure of personal information about you would jeopardize your safety, that would likely be grounds for records containing such information to be withheld by government agencies.  It might be difficult, however, to discover any public record that might contain such information.  If you are aware of a particular record that contains information […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Authority to call school district special meetings

    California Govt. Code Section 61221(c) states that as part of its internal organization, the board of a Community Services District shall "provide for the manner of calling special meetings."  The School District should have adopted a rule about calling special meetings, and this rule presumably sets forth who is authorized to call an emergency […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Attorneys present at closed meetings

    […] includes hospital districts) to hold closed sessions to discuss pending litigation when discussion in open session would prejudice the public agency.  The purpose of the pending litigation exemption is to protect confidential attorney-client communications and allow a legislative body to meet with its attorney to receive legal advice and make legal decisions; if the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Agendas and sufficiency of “brief general descriptions”

    In accordance with Section 2.20.140(B)(3) of the Purchasing Ordinance, the City Manager is allowed to waive the request for proposal procedure and approve master professional service agreements with two firms pp to $100,000. I asked that the item be pulled and rescheduled because it did not describe the services (HR/Personnel) that the contracts were […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Ad hoc committees under the Brown Act

    […] up being propaganda machines or special interest mechanisms. My question is at what political or length of time threshold (economic revitalization seems like a non-temporary issue to me) is an issue no longer a candidate for ad hoc committees, but for regular "standing" subcommittees that the public can attend? Is there a law about this?

    June 14, 2009