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CPRA

My child welfare records from 30 years ago

[…] I can't get anyone there to help me procure those records. I want access to the records between 1975-1978, or thereabouts. I am now 45. Do I have a way to get them? Please respond and let me know what kind of lawyer I need for something like that, I live in another state now.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Law Enforcement Records, Interrogation Reports, and Public Access

[…] at their home working on a project when the attack occurred on the campus. One of the parents is involved in law enforcement. Nonetheless, he was interrogated for hours, pressured to confess to a crime he had nothing to do with, and then jailed overnight until his parents could arrange bail. The actual perpetrator […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Inspect vs. Request, and Proposals as Public Records

I'd like to know if proposals made to cities in response to a request for proposals are public records. Also, I've heard that there is no 10-day waiting period if someone simply asks to inspect a record, and does not ask for copies in a PRA. Is that true?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Enforcement of the CPRA

[…] accused of violating it, and they told me that a private attorney was my only recourse. If this is the case, then the Act is relatively meaningless for people who do not have funds to pay a lawyer to pursue their case. Without an enforcement provision, what is the use of the law other […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Email Correspondence Records

[…] v. San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District, 139 Cal. App. 4th 1356, 1411 (2006). Based on the information you provide, I cannot say for certain whether an exemption to disclosure applies, although there are several that may apply depending on the particular circumstances. I would suggest that you submit a written PRA request for […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Counsel for a school board

I am reporter and seeking advice about what I can do to request information from our local school district. Recently our school board hired a lawyer to formulate legal opinion about a particular school board policy. The opinion is in, but they refuse to share the information, citing attorney-client privilege. Is there any way […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Closed Sessions and Permissible Topics

[…] whether there were public records generated for, or as a result of, the closed sessions. This would give me the opportunity to ask them to justify any exemption and allow me to request a waiver of the exemption. The city now claims that even if there were closed sessions, the documents from such are […]

June 14, 2009
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Behind the Headlines: A Public Records Training Session for Journalists

July 3, 2024
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CPRA

Accessing personal information in police reports

[…] I had made threats against her and filed a police complaint alleging I had threatened her. I went to get a copy of the report as evidence for my impending lawsuit and was told at the police station that I could not get a copy of the report, since I was not the person […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Accessing Juvenile Court Records

Rule of Court 8.400, which applies to appeals in both dependency and delinquency proceedings under the Welfare and Institutions Code, provides for the confidentiality of the record on appeal and documents filed by the parties. Under subsection (b)(1) of that rule, such documents "may be inspected only by the reviewing court and appellate project […]

June 14, 2009