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In settlement with FAC, LA County Jail releases inmate visitor log, agrees to relax secrecy rule

[…] to public officials. FAC was represented in the litigation by Jean-Paul Jassy of Jassy Vick LLP in LA. The settlement grows out of a suit by FAC for access to the visitor logs for one of the LA jail's high-profile inmates, John Noguez, the embattled LA County Assessor who faces multiple felony counts for […]
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December 5, 2013
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CPRA

Can cities withhold public access to calendars?

[…] trying to push it through. We figured this out via a PRA request and subsequently I've been making several PRAs - I received a response today and asked for access to the City's calendars. Without providing any description as to why, they exempted access to calendars under Govt Code 6255 and Times Mirror Case. Is the […]

March 18, 2016
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Court Records

Accessing Court Records and List of Cases

Made FOIA request to the appellate court for list of cases (included those unpublished) filed for appeal relating to 2 Superior Court judges for past 5 years. Response was a letter stating they didn’t have any cases on file for me. There is, in fact a case on file but not what I asked […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

How can I get the police dept. to release a shooting report?

The local police department is refusing to release a report 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?

September 30, 2011
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CPRA

Drafts and Public Record

My city is reviewing and commenting on a Draft EIR for a large project they are undertaking. They have been getting drafts and commenting on it and then returning the comments to the consultant who presumably is editing the EIR in response to the comments. Are the Drafts of the EIR public records that […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Public Officials’ Personal Email

[…] city council member's use of his/her personal email account to discuss city business make that account subject to Public Records Act Requests? If so, is there a threshold between a single or several incidental uses and the systematic use of the personal email for city business that would trigger the account's exposure to such requests?

June 14, 2009
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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

Public official salaries and the CPRA

I'd like to find information on executive salaries for public utility organizations (SMUD, LADWP, WAPA and NCPA). Can you advise me if these are publicly available records and if so, what’s the best way to obtain them might be?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Public Availability and Destruction of Temporary or Handwritten Notes

The last time I used the Legal Hotline for this matter (a few weeks back), your legal council suggested that I re-submit a new, formal PRA request asking for the "binder notes" from our County Public Works Director. So, I used aversion of the sample letter provided on cfac.org, as suggested, where it reads: […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Guardian access to juvenile case files

[…] or guardians of the juvenile who was the subject of the juvenile proceedings are entitled to access the juvenile case file.No court order is needed in order for the parents or guardians to access the case file.The mother referenced in your query below can go to the Superior Court in which the proceedings were […]

June 14, 2009