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CPRA Exemptions for Drafts

[…] it would not be provided until it is completed. In actuality, this is supposedly ready to go to the Planning Commission in two weeks. This all seems like a delay tactic. Have read your answers about reports in draft form. This response does not seem to meet the exemption requirements. Thank you for any clarification.

April 2, 2018
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CPRA Police Records

Denied access to file detailing code violations

The city department of Code Enforcement wants to fine me $2500 per day up to $100,000 for code violations at my resident. When I made a public record request to see the evidence that the City’s has gathered on my property, it was denied stating that the case is still open and considered an […]

December 26, 2011
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CPRA

Do legal fees count under pending litigation CPRA exemption?

My records request for the documents showing how much money the county has spent on a current and ongoing lawsuit. The County states that the information revealing the total money spent is privileged because the case is in active litigation. It would appear to me that no privileged information concerning the case would be […]

February 4, 2014
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CPRA

City finds many ways to deny CPRA requests for emails

[…] City emails via public records requests. Our city has a written policy of only making available email from the city server (city manager, city finance director, etc.) for a 30 day time period from the date of the submission of the public record request. PRA requests are repeatedly denied for documents (specifically email) outside […]

May 31, 2013
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CPRA

Can I request public staff time cards?

My community has a special water district.There is a manager and a five-person elected board.Would the manager's time-card be public information? Also, the board has not approved the minutes for months.Is there a time limit to approve minutes from meetings?

September 26, 2011
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Court Records CPRA Police Records

Denied access to supervision records of high-risk parolee

Message I'm trying to obtain records of supervision for a high-risk parolee who is accused of murder. I sent a public records request and received a rejection letter that cites dozens of government codes in its defense. But I wonder if there's a way to fight that rejection. After all, that information has become […]

November 30, 2011
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Court Records

How to Access Copies of New York Police Records Destroyed in Fire?

I'm a documentary producer researching a 1989 criminal case of Daniel Rakowitz. I requested the case files and court transcript for this trial from the New York State Supreme Court Clerk's Office. At the time that the files were supposed to be delivered, I was informed that the case files and court transcript had been […]

May 28, 2018
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CPRA

Agency answered cure & correct letter with demonstrable falsehoods

[…] attorney for legal representation -- are probably subject to disclosure under the Act.However, the agency may attempt to withhold those bills based on either the pending litigation exemption (Gov't Code § 6254(b)) or attorney-client privilege under the Evidence Code, which is incorporated into the Public Records Act by Government Code § 6254(k). With respect […]

February 4, 2011
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CPRA

Was My Public Records Request Denial As “Unduly Burdensome” Justified?

[…] local agency and every person has a right to inspect any public record, except as hereafter provided. Any reasonably segregable portion of a record shall be available for inspection by any person requesting the record after deletion of the portions that are exempted by law." Gov't Code § 6253(a). And: "[e]xcept with respect to […]

February 15, 2018
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CPRA Police Records

Denied request for identities of homicide victims four years after the crime

[…] about police records you may be able to help with. I'm trying to verify the identities of some homicide victims, four years after the crime. I've asked for the name and date of birth of the victims, but the department says they may not release the info. Do you know if and when they […]

November 16, 2014