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Multiple CPRA Requests For A Decades Old Homicide Have Been Denied Without Explanation

[…] California Department of Justice regarding a 1981 multiple homicide. I have reason to believe the two suspects in the homicides were not arrested because one of the suspects was a confidential informant at the time. I have asked for clarification or other information on the matter but have turned down several times in the past.

April 28, 2022
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Can I Obtain A Copy of A Zoning Complaint Filed Against Me?

[…] a written request to the agency from which you are seeking records, as this will compel a written response.Written CPRA requests are fairly straightforward but typically ask for categories of records that include, but are not limited to, correspondence, emails, notes, memorandums, electronic records, etc. After the request is received, the agency will have […]

August 11, 2020
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FAC Forces Disclosure of More Documents From CA Supreme Court ‘Secret Docket’

[…] fraud—in November 2018. Under the California Constitution, the governor was required to seek the state Supreme Court’s approval to grant pardons and clemency to any "twice-convicted felon." For decades, the governor and the high court had treated all of the paperwork filed with these requests as confidential and sealed from public view. The process, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 21, 2019
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Does the CPRA cover private entities that do work for government?

[…] the dog was tasered and shot by the officer. I understand one of the reports clearly calls into question the necessity of the shooting, but my request for the documents was denied by the Humane Society on the grounds that they are a private entity. However, their website describes some parts are private non-profit […]

March 6, 2014
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CPRA

Details of Preliminary Lawsuit Settlements

[…] Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board approved a settlement of a lawsuit by Clear Channel Outdoor regarding the removal of some billboards from MTA property to make way for a street improvement project. On or about the same time, the MTA agreed to sell some surplus property to the City for a park project, on […]

June 14, 2009
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Can the Deliberative Process Privilege be used to avoid answering a deposition?

[…] privilege. As far as I am aware, there has not been any new case law concerning the deliberative process privilege. The "deliberative process privilege," is a court-created exemption derived from Government Code § 6254(a) (exempting preliminary drafts, notes and memoranda) and Government Code § 6255 (the so-called "catch-all exemption"), which is intended to protect […]

April 22, 2017
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Gov Brown, Veto SB 1300. Ostensibly about oil refineries, SB 1300 threatens public access rights.

[…] Ostensibly a bill to strengthen safety regulation of oil refineries, SB 1300, introduced by Senator Lonnie Hancock (D-Berkeley), requires oil companies to file reports on scheduled shutdowns, typically for maintenance, of their refinery facilities. So far, no problem. Then came last-minute amendments, backed by organized labor as well as oil companies, that give oil companies […]
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- Public Records
September 9, 2014
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Access to RFO Bids

Under the CA Public Records Act, do we as responders to a RFO for Information Technology Consulting Services for State of California contracts, have any rights to be able to review the bids received (after notice of contract award) to find out how we scored in comparison and how we could write better responses? […]

June 14, 2009
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Hernandez v. Monterey County

[…] with the settlement has resulted "a death rate at the Jail more than twice the national average and a suicide rate more than three times the average for California jails…. The resulting deficiencies in medical, mental health, and dental care cause daily pain and suffering, including serious medical and dental complications, untreated chronic illnesses, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
July 22, 2023
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Amicus Briefs Digest, Sept. 2017

[…] an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to review and reverse a decision by the West Virginia Supreme Court imposing draconian penalties on a candidate for judicial office for statements he made during a political campaign. The Philadelphia firm of Schnader Harrison prepared FAC’s amicus brief, which is in support of Callaghan’s […]
September 27, 2017