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    CPRA

    Are school district’s attorney fees public records?

    […] an outside attorney. Although the school district may claim that invoices for legal services provided by outside law firms are exempt from disclosure under either the pending litigation exemption contained in the Public Records Act, or because the bills are attorney-client privileged under the Evidence Code, invoices would be presumptively available as public documents. The PRA […]

    April 15, 2015

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    Brown Act CPRA

    State appointed School District Trustee violating Brown Act, CPRA

    […] Act when he did not specify appointments he was making to the School Board to fill vacant seats. He also is denying public review of the application for the School Board seats of those he selected. We sent a letter to the State Trustee asking him to "cure and correct" the Brown Act violation […]

    May 18, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Legal Action Against a Board Member in Closed Session

    Is it legal for the superintendent and board president to put under closed session anticipating legal action regarding a board member without notifying that board member of the reasons, etc.?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Filing a Vacancy by Closed Session Appointment

    The local School Board filled a vacancy on the Board by appointment.  The filing deadline for interested applicants was 6 hours prior to the beginning of the School Board meeting.  The appointment decision was made at that meeting. Should the agenda state the names of the applicants who were interviewed during the meeting? If […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Newsgathering

    Accessing the black hole of the CIA

    I am a reporter, and I have a question re: FOIA requests for CIA files. Specifically, I would like the employment records of a local mayor who says she was a CIA operative for 31 years.  But I'm worried that if I frame the request the wrong way, it will be denied, because I […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access of relatives to murder investigation files

    […] information; however, the investigating agency may be able to withhold any records pertaining to DNA profile information under section 6254(f).You should be aware, however, that the CPRA exemption for records of investigations is optional.  In other words, even if the section 6254(f) exemption applies to some of the records you seek, the law enforcement […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Filing Complaint under State Audits Guidelines

    […] under the PRA, email correspondence relating to the business of the agency would likely be subject to disclosure under the PRA, unless, as stated above, a PRA exemption applies.  As you seem to know, the PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can Employment Records & Dismissal Be Presented in City Council Open Session?

    […] records to include write up's and responses to said write up's, a final report from the psychologist summarizing test scores and outcomes of counseling, his license application for paramedic which contained our address and his social security number and actual drivers license as well as his Paramedic license and local EMS accreditation, none of […]

    November 16, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Is A Letter From A Water District Lawyer A City Attorney Public?

    […] had a contract to deliver water, but wanted to modify it. The District's lawyer wrote a letter to the city attorney, attaching a draft civil complaint, asking for a set of changes, threatening to sue otherwise. "Settlement" meetings were in closed session. Now that a new contract has been agreed to, is the first […]

    December 7, 2018