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    CPRA FOIA

    Construction inspectors’ addresses omitted from CPRA response

    […] 332, 345 (1984) (standard for weighing whether nondisclosure is proper under § 6254(c) is almost the same as the standard contained in the Public Record Act's catch-all exemption). Moreover, courts have found that the when the information pertains to a governmental employee or contractor, the more authority the governmental actor has, the more reduced […]

    July 18, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Are government contractors’ 1099’s disclosable?

    I am considering a request for the 1099 form issued by a local agency to their general counsel. They are the worst violators of CPRA I have ever experienced. If I do not cite very specific statute and write the request so carefully that virtually all possibilities of misconstruction are eliminated, I will get […]

    January 17, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Are the applications for state professional licenses public?

    I am a researcher for a state government agency.  For a current project, I hoped to access the applications for state professional licenses submitted by engineers. I say the records are public. Our lawyer said no.  Help!

    August 16, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Using the CPRA to access list of alcoholic beverage licensees

    […] the license location address, including city and zip code; (4) the business telephone number; and (5) the business email address. The information being sought will not be used for commercial purposes and is being sought to promote a public interest in educating licensees as indicated in this email. If the information requested is available, we would […]

    June 13, 2016

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    CPRA FOIA

    Hospital Records

    […] discuss with them under the California Information Action, to obtain records of others that have contracted this infection at the hospital just prior and after I was admitted and discharged. Are my rights enforceable under the California Information Act, California Public Records Act, Patient Access to Medical Records law or the Federal Freedom of Information Act?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Accessing Termination of Employment Records

    1) My former employer violated my privacy by releasing reasons why I was terminated to the public which was different from the reason that he has given me in writing. 2) I recently asked for copies of my emails pursuant to public records act and the City denied me them. .

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Are Emails Between Political Officials and Third Parties a Public Record in California?

    I recently tried to access email communications between a current elected city official and a former elected city official over a local project that's being funded by public funds. The city responded to my requests, but only with publicly accessible information, essentially amounting to a refusal. Reasons included: the information in these emails was […]

    March 30, 2020

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    CPRA

    How Do I Access Decades-Old 911 Audios?

    The California Public Records Act (CPRA) requires public agencies to disclose public records unless some exemption applies. Public records include "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used or retained by any state or local agency." Gov’t Code § 6252(e). Note that the word "writing" as used […]

    September 24, 2021

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    CPRA

    Obtaining HHS/Child Protective Services Records Via CPRA

    […] the case. I feel that as an accused party, and as the only parent of the child named in the case, I should have access not only for my own records but I should be able to know who my accuser is. Do Child Protective Services Records and Report filings fall under the California […]

    December 13, 2018