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    CPRA

    is there a deadline for filing suit over denial of requested records?

    The Public Records Act ("PRA") does not provide for a statute of limitations for filing suit to enforce the provisions of the Act, and unfortunately it is not clear whether other general limitations periods provided for in the Code of Civil Procedure would apply to the PRA.  If you feel you have exhausted efforts […]

    June 5, 2017

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    CPRA

    Accessing Termination of Employment Records

    1) My former employer violated my privacy by releasing reasons why I was terminated to the public which was different from the reason that he has given me in writing. 2) I recently asked for copies of my emails pursuant to public records act and the City denied me them. .

    June 14, 2009

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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

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Are Emails Between Political Officials and Third Parties a Public Record in California?

    I recently tried to access email communications between a current elected city official and a former elected city official over a local project that's being funded by public funds. The city responded to my requests, but only with publicly accessible information, essentially amounting to a refusal. Reasons included: the information in these emails was […]

    March 30, 2020

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    CPRA

    Filing Complaint under State Audits Guidelines

    […] under the PRA, email correspondence relating to the business of the agency would likely be subject to disclosure under the PRA, unless, as stated above, a PRA exemption applies.  As you seem to know, the PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, […]

    June 14, 2009

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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