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Police Background Investigation

I was told I failed a background investigation for a volunteer job at my local police department. Later I was given inside information that, only days before, the PD had decided they didn't want people with disabilities volunteering, because they felt it would involve too much liability. I believe I "failed the background investigation" […]

June 14, 2009
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Outside City Lawsuit 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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Former State Employees and the CPRA

I have a question regarding physical access to a public building. I am a former employee for the Housing Authority of my City, I recently went back to the Central Office building in which I worked to visit some personnel still working there. This building is open to the public and has public access […]

June 14, 2009
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Details of Preliminary Lawsuit Settlements

[…] Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board approved a settlement of a lawsuit by Clear Channel Outdoor regarding the removal of some billboards from MTA property to make way for a street improvement project. On or about the same time, the MTA agreed to sell some surplus property to the City for a park project, on […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act FOIA

Are the Board of Directors of our Apartment Complex subject to the Brown Act?

[…] § 6253. You might also want to remind the district that if the written request is denied, it is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek, Gov't code § 6255, and that if you are […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

Accessing School Title IX Report

[…] School District in 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 Police Records

Accessing consumer complaint records

[…] request on the ground that consumer complaints and confidential law enforcement records of the AG are exempt from disclosure to the public pursuant to Cal Govt. Code Section 6254(f), citing Dick Williams v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal. 4th 337 (which held that investigative records in the possession of law enforcement are exempt form disclosure).

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Accessing City Annuities and Investments

[…] not give us any information on the City process on the referendum. The City Clerk would not assist use on the process and we gave her our form and the notice; the City Clerk and acting city attorney would not comment on the form. We did post in a public place the court house […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Access to RFO Bids

Under the CA Public Records Act, do we as responders to a RFO for Information Technology Consulting Services for State of California contracts, have any rights to be able to review the bids received (after notice of contract award) to find out how we scored in comparison and how we could write better responses? […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

CPRA request filled, but witnesses names were redacted

[…] my laptop as such they either became witnesses by providing information or suspects by not). I went through the Records Supervisor, and I also contacted the City Attorney for a meeting but was denied. The conclusion was a letter from the City Attorney advising me that all the necessary information/reasons was relayed to me four […]

March 31, 2015