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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

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    CPRA FOIA Police Records

    How do I appeal the denial of a CPRA request?

    […] had property stolen out of my hotel room and I filed a police report.  When I returned home, I made a public records request to the PD for a copy of the report.  My request was denied.  I am wondering who do I write to so I can appeal the denial? Is there a […]

    May 15, 2012

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    CPRA

    Denied access to letters of complaint regarding Airbnb rentals

    […] at the Council meeting that night.  The Council referenced a complaint letter but wouldn’t show it to us because they said the writer wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. I found out I could request the letter under the PRA. I did and they sent it. It was an anonymous letter. But […]

    March 13, 2014

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police refuse request for incident report from peaceful protest

    […] by the deputies in response to that dispatch. In their letter dated Aug. 3, 2011, I was advised that my request "is denied." The letter then cites exemptions under Gov. Code section 6254 (k), CPC 832.7 and Gov. Code 6254 (f). I believe that our First Amendment rights have been trampled on and the […]

    September 9, 2011

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    CPRA

    Can I use information revealed in closed session, or is it privileged?

    I have been an adjunct prof at a local Junior College  for 20 years. When a student  was prevented from passing out constitutions on Constitution Day, I publicly criticized the Administration. They retaliated by giving me a terrible teaching evaluation and by forbidding me to use my own writings in my classes. In response, […]

    September 1, 2016

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Are city council subcommittees Brown Act-exempt?

    […] any writings pertaining to these subcommittees, then presumably they would be public records under the Public Records Act, and thus must be disclosed upon request unless some exemption applies. You can find additional guidance on making a request under the Public Records Act, including a sample letter, here: Resources: Access to Records . A […]

    September 21, 2012

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    CPRA

    PRA Requested Documents Withheld Due to “Attorney-Client Privilege”

    It appears that Cal Fire invoked the attorney-client privilege exemption in order to withhold the documents. In general, California law provides that confidential communications between a lawyer and his or her client are privileged and do not have to be disclosed. Evidence Code sections 954-955.  In addition, materials created by an attorney in the […]

    June 26, 2018

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    CPRA School Records

    School district denies all complaint related CPRA requests

    […] of these allegations, so we filed a public records request to access the documents involved in the allegations. We did not reference a name, thus not asking for confidentiality issues to be involved. Our request was denied by the school district’s attorneys citing Ed Code 234.1(1) and Gov. Code 6255, and that ALL documents […]

    May 21, 2013

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    CPRA

    Can the Deliberative Process Privilege be used to avoid answering a deposition?

    […] privilege.  As far as I am aware, there has not been any new case law concerning the deliberative process privilege. The "deliberative process privilege," is a court-created exemption derived from Government Code § 6254(a) (exempting preliminary drafts, notes and memoranda) and Government Code § 6255 (the so-called "catch-all exemption"), which is intended to protect […]

    April 22, 2017