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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Call and Arrest Logs

    […] arrest log? Can the name of the arrestee or callee be given to the public? If a City website keeps the call logs on the City website for 7 days, and they fall off, does that mean they are no longer accessible? How long must these records be provided for? One of the contentions […]

    June 14, 2009

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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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