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CPRA First Amendment Newsgathering Police Records

Investigative files and the CPRA

[…] a book about a child abduction from a few years back. The minor child was later found dead, and the perpetrator recently pleaded guilty and was sentenced for the crime in a California court. The case is closed. Now, the investigating police agency is refusing to answer my calls or put me in touch […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Investigative and disciplinary records pertaining to police officers

[…] do not specify the exact information you requested from the police department, it appears from your email that you are already aware that the Act contains an exemption for records of investigations conducted by state or local police agencies, as well as documents in a policy agency's investigatory files.(Cal. Government Code section 6254(f)).In addition, […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Documents relating to employment

I applied for a job with a public transit agency in California.I did not get the job and would like to know if my previous employer in another state gave me a negative reference.The agency has refused to give me this information (saying it is against their policy), though I believe it is my […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Unsealing exhibits cited in a judicial ruling

[…] punitive damages were filed under an earlier order that sealed exhibits unless parties objected to disclosure within ten days after filing. The motion has been on file for months, and no objection is on the record. A judge issued a written ruling allowing punitives and citing all the exhibits, and quoting several of them. […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Title IX Compliance Report

[…] the School District has failed to comply with Title IX of the Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1972. Then OCR, the agency responsible for compliance with Title IX within the US Department of Education contacted the district and the district filed what the newspaper called a "report housed in a […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Third-Party Settlements

[…] included a requirement that the companies submit to the city a complete inventory of all their off-site advertising signs, including location and permit status. A public request for this information has been denied, citing the following section of the settlement: "Nothing herein shall prevent the City from providing to the public the name of […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

School employee discipline and hiring records

[…] of records that are ... (c) Personnel, medical or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invations of personal privacy." Generally speaking, however, this exemption is only supposed to apply to purely personal information in the files unrelated to the "conduct of the public's business." See San Gabriel Tribune v. Superior […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Releasing settlement information on a public employee’s termination

[…] demotion was ordered as a result of "incidents" but the county did not release any information about the nature of the incidents. As an aside, I know for a fact that the employee was the subject of an internal investigation in her department and a source close to the department told me the investigation […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

How to file a verified petition

[…] obtain a specific record that is part of my case-file with the state. All records I have requested have been sent except one with no reason given for its exclusion. I understand I can submit a "verified petition" with the superior court to issue a writ of mandate requiring the state to provide the […]

April 18, 2016
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Brown Act CPRA

Citizen access to City financial reports

For the past year and a half, I have been attending our local City Council Meetings. I have determined by the current By-Laws that the Treasurer is required to file quarterly financial reports with the City, and I am attempting to access said reports. As a citizen do I have a right to […]

April 6, 2016