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CPRA School Records

Globe trotting university official keeps tabs on dog sends bill to tax payers

[…] and the dean often calls the kennel from international locales on UC’s dime. I got the phone bills but UC redacted all the phone numbers citing California Government Code §6254(c); Cal. Civil Code §1798.42. I am looking for some guidance as to how to draft a response arguing that these phone numbers should be public.

March 20, 2012
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Government agency refusal of email records

I was refused access to government emails and correspondence because the records were determined to be exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act (recognized under the public interest balancing exemption provided by Government Code section 6255). Does this also refuse my right to access the time and date of the email correspondence?

April 12, 2016
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CPRA Police Records

Are police informant contracts subject to the PRA?

[…] task force and their use of confidential informants. I know the task force has their informants sign contracts - I want to file a public records request for full disclosure of said contracts. I know they will likely deny this, but is there any way to fight the denial and get the contract with any/all […]

April 27, 2016
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CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

Accessing reports on police officer involved shooting

For the last few weeks, I've been investigating an officer-involved shooting: Needless to say, there are ton of issues involved here, but I keep running into walls finding documents because of the Peace Officer's Bill of Rights here in Calif. I wondered if you could give me a call for a few minutes […]

April 16, 2013
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Are worker’s comp claims public documents?

California's Labor Code provides that "[e]xcept as expressly permitted [elsewhere in the statute], a person or public or private entity not a party to a claim for workers' compensation benefits may not obtain individually identifiable information obtained or maintained by the division on that claim. For purposes of this section, 'individually identifiable information' means […]

July 27, 2011
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CPRA request for animal shelter euthanasia log redact staff members names

[…] substance is involved and since staff members performing euthanasia in California are required by law to be trained and certified. Also, since there is a state mandate for municipal shelters to accept stray dogs, and the shelter has chosen euthanasia as a means to meet that mandate, I would think that the performance of […]

December 12, 2015
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CPRA Police Records

Criminal Investigation Files and the Department of Toxic Substances Control

[…] Substances Control. The case is closed, having been adjudicated by a no plea in 1994. The department will not release the file, saying that there is an exemption for disclosure of DTSC investigations. I have been unable to find any such exemption, and wondering if CFAC may be aware of case law, or other […]

June 14, 2009
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Accessing Aggregated Medical Information for COVID-19 Deceased

I was told by our county authorities that the county cannot release specific ages, gender, co-morbidities or housing situation (group homes vs. apartments vs. single-family homes) for those individuals whose cause of death was attributed to COVID-19 on the grounds that releasing that data would violate health information privacy rules under HIPPA (Health Insurance […]

October 30, 2020
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Trying To Access Autopsy Records Of Mass Shooting Victims

[…] having difficulty obtaining the autopsy records from the reported mass shooting in Thousand Oaks on November 7-8, 2018. My understanding is Autopsy Records are public records in the State of California. How do I force the Medical Examiner's hand? I've been asking about these since November. They don't even cite an exemption from the PRA.

April 1, 2020
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CPRA Request Denied Citing “Investigatory Files” Exemption

[…] Uribe v. Howie state the law does not allow a public agency to shield record from public disclosure simply by placing it in a file labeled "investigatory." Exemption for investigatory files applies when the prospect of enforcement proceedings becomes "concrete and definite." This seems most promising I saw in your quote in the paper […]

November 19, 2018