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CPRA

Report Request Denied Citing ‘Attorney Work Product, Official Info and Deliberative Process Privilege’

[…] Procedure §2018.030), the official information privilege (Evidence Code §1040), and the deliberative process privilege (Government Code §6255; Times Mirror Co. v. Superior Court (1991) 53 Cal.3d 1325)." I'd like to get some guidance on this. Would such a report actually fall under these exemptions? If not, how should I craft my response to the county?

November 27, 2018
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CPRA Police Records

Trouble obtaining arrest records and mugshots

We are attempting to obtain arrest logs and mugshots or the booking photos associated with each arrest from local police jurisdictions for the purpose of crime statistical data gathering. We are asking for data on a consistent basis, i.e. daily email, weekly spreadsheets etc. Some jurisdictions have supplied the arrest logs but no photos. […]

October 28, 2011
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CPRA

Is a Salary/Wage Review Really A “Trade Secret”?

[…] and discussing this report as a "trade secret." I have requested a copy of this report under the CPRA and was refused based on the trade secret exemption. Their response was, "Said records are not subject to public disclosure as they constitute valuable trade secrets of the District which if disclosed to competitors could […]

July 2, 2010
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CPRA

California Driver’s License Numbers and the CPRA

[…] California's Public Records Act provides that all documents created, owned, or maintained by a public agency are presumptively available for public inspection unless one of the PRA's exemptions applies. Govt. Code § 6253(a). One of the exemptions built into the PRA is for "personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

District denies teacher access to defaming emails

Under the Public Records Act (CPRA), a record prepared or maintained by a public agency is presumptively subject to disclosure, unless some exemption applies. Gov't Code § 6253(b). The Act does contain an exemption for "ersonnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." Gov't Code […]

November 12, 2013
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CPRA Police Records

Denied records of homicide investigation

[…] Both said as far as they knew I as a member of the immediate family I had the full right to the file. I sent in a formal request under the Public Records Act but heard nothing back. I followed up and ultimately got to a Sergeant. He said it was largely a factor […]

December 23, 2011
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CPRA

Is gender of foster care staff public information?

We are investigating sexual abuse in a foster care shelter. We requested the gender for two staff members because they have ambiguous names. The county asserted that Section 6254(c), the personnel records exceptions applies. Staffing decisions at the facility are made based on gender (male staff members are not supposed to oversee female resident's baths), […]

August 13, 2014
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CPRA Newsgathering

Autopsy records of a public official

[…] report. Hepatitis A or B can be contracted from any number of sources, including homosexual sex, intravenous drug use, blood transfusions, etc. I thought the right of privacy under this exemption goes away when the individual dies. True? In your opinion, is this a case the media would likely win if we went to court?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

Accessing a school district’s settlement agreements

[…] disclosure under the Public Records Act. Although it should generally be possible to draft a settlement agreement without including material so sensitive that it qualifies for an exemption from disclosure under the PRA, it is conceivable that a settlement agreement might contain material legitimately exempt from disclosure under state or federal law. Yet even […]

January 20, 2012
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Brown Act CPRA

Can they deny my request for a video of a meeting that was streamed live?

I have been denied my request for a copy of a videotape of a Town Hall Meeting that was streamed live over the Internet. They claim they can not release the video for personnel reasons I was also denied access to the County Sheriff Department's "Pink Slips," which are held in the reception office of […]

June 12, 2015