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CPRA

County Ignores My Requests For Public Records

[…] have submitted requests to the County Administrator and Board of Supervisors. The county legal office states they never received the request. It was submitted in March. Counsel for the county advised I should resend it to him. I had attempted to deliver a copy of the CPRA request on in March, but it was […]

August 7, 2020
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CPRA

Police Background Investigation

I was told I failed a background investigation for a volunteer job at my local police department. Later I was given inside information that, only days before, the PD had decided they didn't want people with disabilities volunteering, because they felt it would involve too much liability. I believe I "failed the background investigation" […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Can I use information revealed in closed session, or is it privileged?

I have been an adjunct prof at a local Junior College for 20 years. When a student was prevented from passing out constitutions on Constitution Day, I publicly criticized the Administration. They retaliated by giving me a terrible teaching evaluation and by forbidding me to use my own writings in my classes. In response, […]

September 1, 2016
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CPRA Police Records

Investigative and disciplinary records pertaining to police officers

[…] do not specify the exact information you requested from the police department, it appears from your email that you are already aware that the Act contains an exemption for records of investigations conducted by state or local police agencies, as well as documents in a policy agency's investigatory files.(Cal. Government Code section 6254(f)).In addition, […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

Accessing School Title IX Report

[…] School District in has failed to comply with Title IX of the Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1972. Then OCR, the agency responsible for compliance with Title IX within the US Department of Education contacted the district and the district filed what the newspaper called a "report housed in a […]

June 14, 2009
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Reader Response

[…] to obtain those people's confidential records. Those two behaviors are not analogous. There is a bright line between "generic misrepresentation" and specifically pretending to be someone else for the purpose of obtaining that person's confidential records. For starters, phone, financial, medical and video-store records are specifically protected under federal law. But beyond that, reporters […]

June 2, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Police refuse request for incident report from peaceful protest

[…] by the deputies in response to that dispatch. In their letter dated Aug. 3, 2011, I was advised that my request "is denied." The letter then cites exemptions under Gov. Code section 6254 (k), CPC 832.7 and Gov. Code 6254 (f). I believe that our First Amendment rights have been trampled on and the […]

September 9, 2011
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CPRA School Records

Cities’ rights and the CPRA

[…] to with hold this information? Second, I read the code as saying that every entity must have a posting of the law someplace AND a "person" responsible for handling request. Am I correct in this or do state agencies have different rules that city’s. I am hoping to get by the "dumb bunny" stage […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

School district denies all complaint related CPRA requests

[…] of these allegations, so we filed a public records request to access the documents involved in the allegations. We did not reference a name, thus not asking for confidentiality issues to be involved. Our request was denied by the school district’s attorneys citing Ed Code 234.1(1) and Gov. Code 6255, and that ALL documents […]

May 21, 2013
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CPRA

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