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District won’t release legal bills from defending workers’ comp cases

[…] the school district and made a public records act request in order to determine how much the school district is spending in her case and in total for legal defense of workers' compensation matters. It is our belief that the attorney is not settling cases for his own profit. The district refuses to turn […]

October 22, 2010
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CPRA

Can cities withhold public access to calendars?

[…] trying to push it through. We figured this out via a PRA request and subsequently I've been making several PRAs - I received a response today and asked for access to the City's calendars. Without providing any description as to why, they exempted access to calendars under Govt Code 6255 and Times Mirror Case. Is the […]

March 18, 2016
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CPRA

Accessing public records on mental health workers

[…] Public Records Act, Govt Code section 6250 et seq., although generally requiring that the public have access to all records of state and local government, contains numerous exemptions. Among these exemptions is Govt Code section 6254(c) which permits an agency to withhold "personnel, medical and similar files," the disclosure of which would constitute and […]

June 11, 2013
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CPRA FOIA Police Records

Sheriff’s office won’t release names of inmates held on immigration charges

[…] inmates (aka booking info) public? The county sheriff's office says no. The second: are local jails prohibited from release names of inmates on immigration holds? I've asked for info on inmates released into ICE custody. They refused first on the (incorrect) grounds that I was asking for summary criminal history and later when pressed […]

August 26, 2011
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FOIA Social Media

Advice on How to Request An Agency’s “Unlisted” YouTube Videos

[…] particular agency has posted, however I am not sure how to request that in a way which will get me what I want. Specifically, if I ask for a list of URLs for videos that the agency has posted to YouTube as "unlisted" it may be a reasonable response that such a list does […]

April 6, 2018
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CPRA

Can I use public records to find out why I was denied unemployment benefits?

I received a Notice of Determination from Employment Development Department (EDD) stating that I had I refused a Job…and under Code 1257B will be denied U/I benefits for 10 week…" I believe that EDD was supplied with false information by a previous employer simply for relation and or harassment do to a previous administrative law […]

June 8, 2012
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CPRA

Councilman asks intern on date via city issued cell

I have learned that a city councilman was sending text messages to a city intern, asking her for a date. I would like to file a CPR request for the text messages sent from his city issued Blackberry. I'm sure they (the councilman and the city attorney) would try to argue that such a […]

November 21, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

CPRA request was denied for document discussed in open session

[…] victim of alleged sexual molestation by a county physician, the supervisors discussed corrective action the county would take in response to the lawsuit. However when I asked for a copy of the Corrective Action Plan document, which is sometime posted with the settlement information, I was told the document was "confidential." I immediately filed […]

January 14, 2016
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CPRA

Why did one county deny a PRA request that most others quickly fulfill?

[…] This is the reply from the attorney (after informing me that they would have the records ready by Friday 5/31/13 they sent this on 5/30/13) Concerning your request for public records. Your request for records is specifically exempt from production pursuant to Government Code section 6254.16. Please let me know if you have any questions.

July 25, 2013
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CPRA Police Records

Is footage taken by an officer wearing a body-camera a public document?

[…] should respond to your request within 10 days, letting you know whether it will release the footage or not, and if not, exactly why (citing the specific exemption and describing how it applies to the records that you seek). Gov’t Code 6253(c). The California Public Records Act applies to "any writing containing information relating […]

June 12, 2014