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Court Records CPRA

How Do I Submit CPRA Requests to a CA County Court?

Does a court, judge and/or legal research attorney need to comply with a CPRA request? How can citizens format a CPRA request to view or obtain access to ALL records: electronic files, emails and texts from all devices? Should separate requests be filed for state & county agency? Is there a clean format to avoid delays?

June 15, 2018
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Brown Act

Regulations on public comment

Our City Council's Law & Legislation Committee recently heard a proposal whereby the Chair (Vice Mayor), expressed her support for the measure, and restricted opposing testimony. She allowed all those (dozen) in support to testify, and then limited opposition to 1 statement of 2 minutes. All others who were signed up to testify were […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Economic Interest Disclosure Statements

[…] to the County Clerk, Recorder, Registrar of Voters, back in January of this year. I Requested to see all the form 700 disclosure statements of economic interests, for each County Extraction Review Team member; whereas stated in the County Conflict of Interest Code, named in APPENDIX "B" as an Entity, and subject to Reporting […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

DA Office Complaint Records

[…] public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's enumerated exceptions to disclosure applies. Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows law enforcement agencies to withhold, among other things, records of complaints and investigatory records. This exemption does not, on the other hand, allow the […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records School Records

College Campus Police Blotter

[…] records to the extent the police working on the campus are members of local police departments. However, Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows police agencies to withhold investigatory records. This exemption does not, on the other hand, allow the police to withhold all information contained in those […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Boating Accidents and the CPRA

[…] get copies of the statement tapes. They declined and stated we would have to get a subpoena. This matter is not in suit. I read the statute and am not sure if we have a right to continue to formally move forward with the request for duplicates of the tapes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Public Agency Denied PRA Request Claiming Trade Secret Exemption

In California, ambulance providers can use a Federal program administer through the DHS (Dept. of Health Care Services) to receive partial reimbursement for Medi-Cal patient ambulance transport. I made a public records request regarding these payments. Today they sent me an email stating they are invoking the right to withhold the financial data related […]

January 3, 2020
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Court Records

Accessing Court Dispositions

[…] clerk’s office at each of these courts to ask if you might be able to access the court files, which should contain the disposition of each case,online. For example, Sacramento Superior Court has an online access system (https://ift.tt/2DFbqWk) that allows the public to search court cases for a fee. Of course, you will probably […]

May 10, 2019
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Police Records

How Can I Access Florida Police Body-Camera Videos?

[…] camera videos from a Florida law enforcement agency that have not been provided in response to a freedom of information act. Nor were they included in discovery for a criminal case. I believe there is damning evidence on the video of police misconduct, obstruction of justice, malicious prosecution et cetera. What are my options […]

June 7, 2021
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CPRA Police Records

I Am The Victim of A Crime. Does the CPRA Allow Me Access Police Reports on the Incident?

[…] security procedures…or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes." However, there is certain information that police are required to release. First, victims are entitled to certain information related to […]

January 9, 2020