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CPRA

CPRA request on pension investments was denied for the “public good”

[…] clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record." Gov't Code § 6255. When an agency cites § 6255(a) (often called the "catch-all" or "balancing" exemption of the PRA) as justification for withholding a particular record, this typically means that there is no specific authorization for the agency to withhold the record […]

May 16, 2012
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CPRA

Request for documents on Tax Lien Sale denied. Why?

[…] I am unaware of one does not mean it has not been created. If they reject your formal written request, their response will need to identify the exemption or other justification for their denial.Once armed with that information, it will be possible to better assess the legitimacy of their claim. Finally, the Public Records […]

October 6, 2011
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Brown Act CPRA

Brown Act violation involving resignations

[…] from disclosure. Although personnel information is generally exempt when a public agency believes a request seeks information pertaining to a public official’s private or controversial information, this exemption was created to protect intimate personal details, not official business judgments. See Bakersfield City School Dist. v. Superior Court, 118 Cal. App. 4th 1041, 1045 (2004). […]

April 4, 2016
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CPRA School Records

School refuses to explain why principal fired behind closed doors

[…] was forced to resigned after a closed session meeting with the school board. Board members say they CAN'T talk about the decision. I made a written request for the files. They say they don't have to show me the file's under government code 6250. I don't believe that's true. Most of the employees at […]

March 5, 2012
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Brown Act CPRA School Records

Parents not invited to meeting that resulted in removing their autistic student from public school

[…] parents and Board member. At the parents' email requests, the Board Member arranged a meeting with himself, the Superintendent, and a large group of parents in a forum at the school district’s office to discuss my son, and behaviors resulting from his disability. This group of parents included parents from the PTA Board at […]

May 16, 2012
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CPRA Police Records

Can City Attorney Withhold 911 Call Transcripts?

[…] call to report a possible crime and the department's response thereto." Haynie v. Superior Court, 26 Cal. 4th 1061, 1064 (2001). The Supreme Court held that the exemption in Government Code section 6254(f) for "records of investigations," like the exemption in the same section for "records of complaints" to law enforcement, allows law enforcement […]

March 8, 2010
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CPRA

CPRA request won’t be fulfilled unless we show documents we’ve already received

[…] want to. A better approach would be to continue working with the agency to formulate key word searches. Additionally, remember that if the agency decides to claim an exemption, it must let you know specifically what exemption it is relying on and how that exemption applies. Gov’t Code § 6253(c), Bryan Cave LLP is general […]

June 16, 2016
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CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

Requests for crime reports denied by police department

[…] told that they are being withheld because of Government Code section 6254(f). To be clear, one time I requested all crime reports that had been filed over a month period. The second time, I requested the reports for three specific crimes. Both times, the office cited section 6254(f). Is there any guidance you can offer?

July 10, 2017
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Brown Act

School Boards, Closed Sessions, and Student Files

For the purposes of responding to your question, we assume that the school district gave proper notice of its intent to consider the appeal of the denial of the transfer on a posted agenda, but that it did not give specific advance notice of its intent to discuss any part of the matter […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Does the CPRA consider an email database public and disclosable?

[…] countless reports, minutes/agendas, financials and even a record of one full year of emails. Now I have been asked to submit the email database I have developed for communicating with my business members. I am not comfortable giving this database to the public. While I have no problem disclosing my email correspondence, I do […]

March 11, 2017