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Brown Act

Is a Coordinating Committee exempt from the Brown Act?

[…] under the Planning Department of my County, convenes a coordinating sub-committee to review the Advisory Group's standing rules. The Coordinating Committee chairman does not follow Brown Act obligations (e.g. requirements for notice, agenda, etc.) because he maintains that the Committee is Ad Hoc. Is the Coordinating Committee subject to the stipulation of the Brown Act?

April 19, 2016
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CPRA Police Records

Police refuse to release report on shooting

The police are refusing to release a report it is doing on a shooting. Many months have passed since the incident. They give no explanation for their actions. What would be the best way to proceed to get them to release the report?

October 31, 2011
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CPRA

Can Agencies Be Required to Choose Least Costly Format for Electronic Record Reproduction?

Are California public bodies required to use the least costly method reasonably available to them for duplicating and (if separate) for transferring records responsive to a CPRA request? Is there case law on that question? Context: I am a frequent requestor of video records from agencies across all levels of government and across the […]

November 27, 2018
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FOIA

Records with the names of citizens and non-citizens

I want to ask for some guidelines about the law (I am not sure if it is a law or not) that protects the names of illegal immigrants that are convicted in the U.S. of violent crimes. I want to have guidelines about which one is the story here, I want to know why […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Are law enforcement officers exempt from having their court proceedings made public?

[…] presumed right of access under the first amendment should be extended to plea agreements and related documents in criminal cases." Oregonian Pub. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for Dist. of Oregon, 920 F.2d 1462, 1465 (9th Cir. 1990)(citations and quotations omitted). "It is…well-established that the right of access to public records and proceedings is […]

September 15, 2016
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Court Records

Small Claims Court, Case Files, Public Access

Are the case files for small claims courts cases were judgments are awarded available for review by the public? If so, can you please provide me with the authority? Can you refer me to a website were I can do more research on this subject?

June 14, 2009
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Press Release

FAC Forces Disclosure of CA Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Former State Sen. Wright

[…] 18, requiring the Governor to make legal arguments as to why the Wright file should be confidential--and to publicly file any documents that had no legal basis for sealing. Gov. Brown’s office did so yesterday, and included in its public filing numerous previously undisclosed records, including correspondence between the Governor’s office and the Board […]
- Public Records
January 4, 2019
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Brown Act CPRA

CPRA request was denied for document discussed in open session

[…] victim of alleged sexual molestation by a county physician, the supervisors discussed corrective action the county would take in response to the lawsuit. However when I asked for a copy of the Corrective Action Plan document, which is sometime posted with the settlement information, I was told the document was "confidential." I immediately filed […]

January 14, 2016
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Brown Act CPRA

City Attorney says legal analysis is a CPRA exemption

[…] a PRA request for any legal analysis of the proposal. The City Attorney replied the legal analysis is attorney client privileged communication and is therefore a CPRA exemption. However, City Attorney also stated the document has not been the subject of an open or closed session of City Council. Can City Attorney distribute such […]

June 10, 2013
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CPRA

City’s stonewalling newspapers

[…] not speak to this newspaper at all, and so we only communicate through documents gotten through public records requests. A recent from us to the city asked for "all audits performed by Municipal Auditing Services in calendar years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007". The city attorney sent a letter stating they will not […]

June 14, 2009