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    Brown Act CPRA

    Copies of Tapes for Public Record Requests

    Re: CPRA request for audio taped record of open meeting: I have submitted a request for copies of tapes made of 3 open Hospital Board meetings, held within 3 weeks of each other. I submitted the request well before 30 days had passed from the first meeting, and before the minutes had been transcribed […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed Sessions, Settlements, and Lack of Discussion/Public Comment

    […] because deciding to take those actions would normally be subject to the Brown Act's open meeting requirements.  The court said that whatever else Section 54956.9 permits, "the exemption cannot be construed to empower a city council to agree to take, as part of a non-publicly ratified litigation settlement, action that by substantive law may […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    City-Funded Committees with Non-Public Official Member

    […] information you're seeking.  Under the PRA, records maintained or owned by public agencies are presumed to be open to public inspection unless one of the Act's specific exemptions applies.  Since it sounds like your oral and email discussions with the city are going nowhere, you might want to send a formal letter request, asking […]

    June 14, 2009

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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

  • Asked and Answered

    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