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Brown Act CPRA

Proposals and Public Records, Limiting Public Comment

[…] of physical form or characteristics." Govt. Code Section 6252. The right to inspect and copy the records maintained by state or local agencies is presumed, unless some exemption of the PRA applies. Gov't Code § 6253(b). It is not immediately apparent whether any exemption would apply to exempt the proposals you reference. (The exemption […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Missing persons report and the CPRA

I plan on submitting a public records request for a missing persons report that was filed with a police department. The individual filed as a missing person was found dead a day later. Is such a record public, when it could possibly be evidence in a murder investigation? Such a report is filed with […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Mayor’s appearance calendar

A local activist says that the Mayor and City Attorney "have both sent me letters refusing to divulge the mayor's calendar of scheduled May appearances as Mayor and/or his appointment book of meetings as Mayor for the past two months." Is this legal under Prop 59?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

List of applicants for a public entity’s general manager

[…] might raise an argument under Wilson v. Superior Court, 51 Cal. App. 4th 1136 (1997) that the job applications are protected from disclosure under the deliberative process exemption (section 6255 of the California Public Records Act) on the grounds that the job applications are predecisional documents whose purpose is to aid the municipal water […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Juvenile mother competency hearing

In Juvenile Court, a competency hearing is being held for a young girl accused of abandoning her baby. The district attorney's office has charged her with attempted murder and felony child abandonment. Under WIC 676, the public should be allowed into the criminal proceedings. However, the DA's office said the criminal proceedings have been […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Juvenile Dependency proceeding records

[…] "sentence" records of this nature could be expunged. Does this mean there is absolutely no record, or that it is removed from public? Is there a way for me to petition Child Protective Services or the Superior Court for copies? Do you believe all copies are completely gone? Am I fighting a losing battle […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Internal audit reports and the CPRA

[…] Board of Directors copies of internal audit reports, in open session. These reports are not made available during the meeting when requested. These reports are not available for inspection when requested. When I requested the reports, I was told the internal audit reports are not Public Records. I require guidance on possible reason/s these […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Emails and the Public Record and Brown Act

[…] of a legislative body and any other person." The following information from the Attorney General is helpful. The prohibition against serial meetings must be reconciled with the exemption for individual contacts and communications contained in section 54952.2(c)(1). Individual contacts or communications between a member of a legislative body and any other person are specifically […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

DNA records

[…] cases are no longer good law. Your email suggests that even though the old cases may be closed, it may be tied to a current investigation in Orange County. If that is true, the Sheriff's Department may rely upon that as an additional basis for withholding information under exemption (f). I hope that is helpful.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Countering a claim of non-existent records

[…] has been denied, within 10 days. (Gov't Code § 6253). If the written request is denied, the agency 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). Here, it sounds like the […]

June 14, 2009