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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
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CPRA Police Records

Denied request for identities of homicide victims four years after the crime

[…] about police records you may be able to help with. I'm trying to verify the identities of some homicide victims, four years after the crime. I've asked for the name and date of birth of the victims, but the department says they may not release the info. Do you know if and when they […]

November 16, 2014
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CPRA FOIA

Hospital Records

[…] discuss with them under the California Information Action, to obtain records of others that have contracted this infection at the hospital just prior and after I was admitted and discharged. Are my rights enforceable under the California Information Act, California Public Records Act, Patient Access to Medical Records law or the Federal Freedom of Information Act?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Was My Public Records Request Denial As “Unduly Burdensome” Justified?

Cali fornia’s Public Records Act ("PRA") provides that: "ublic records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency and every person has a right to inspect any public record, except as hereafter provided. Any reasonably segregable portion of a record shall be available for inspection […]

February 15, 2018
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CPRA

City finds many ways to deny CPRA requests for emails

[…] City emails via public records requests. Our city has a written policy of only making available email from the city server (city manager, city finance director, etc.) for a 30 day time period from the date of the submission of the public record request. PRA requests are repeatedly denied for documents (specifically email) outside […]

May 31, 2013
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CPRA

Obtaining HHS/Child Protective Services Records Via CPRA

[…] marked as 'unfounded' and closed. However, the agency will not give me access to either the initial report filed or the filing party's name. The only in formation they are giving me access to is to request a summary of my meeting with the case worker and an overview of the case. I feel […]

December 13, 2018
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CPRA

Can I request public staff time cards?

My community has a special water district.There is a manager and a five-person elected board.Would the manager's time-card be public information? Also, the board has not approved the minutes for months.Is there a time limit to approve minutes from meetings?

September 26, 2011
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Court Records

How to Access Copies of New York Police Records Destroyed in Fire?

I'm a documentary producer researching a 1989 criminal case of Daniel Rakowitz. I requested the case files and court transcript for this trial from the New York State Supreme Court Clerk's Office. At the time that the files were supposed to be delivered, I was informed that the case files and court transcript had been […]

May 28, 2018
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CPRA FOIA

Construction inspectors’ addresses omitted from CPRA response

[…] Code sections 6250 et seq., generally provides that the records of state and local agencies are open for public inspection and copying, the Act does contain numerous exemptions. For example, the Public Records Act contains expressly prohibits the disclosure of home addresses for "state employees and employees of a school district or county office […]

July 18, 2013
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Brown Act

Filing a Vacancy by Closed Session Appointment

The local School Board filled a vacancy on the Board by appointment. The filing deadline for interested applicants was 6 hours prior to the beginning of the School Board meeting. The appointment decision was made at that meeting. Should the agenda state the names of the applicants who were interviewed during the meeting? If […]

June 14, 2009