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CPRA

As a retired public employee, can I access my payroll records using the CPRA?

I am a retired public employee and I’m being taken to small claims for an alleged overpayment that supposedly happened in 2008. I need to try to get copies of my payroll for 2008. If those are still around, can I access those? How would I do it?

May 16, 2012
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CPRA

Are worker’s comp claims public documents?

California's Labor Code provides that "xcept as expressly permitted , a person or public or private entity not a party to a claim for workers' compensation benefits may not obtain individually identifiable information obtained or maintained by the division on that claim. For purposes of this section, 'individually identifiable information' means any data concerning […]

July 27, 2011
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Brown Act CPRA

School Superintendent Goals: Public or Private?

Under the Brown Act, does a school board have the obligation to disclose the goals they set for the district superintendent of schools? Similarly, do they have the obligation to disclose the evaluation criteria for the superintendent of schools? The evaluation criteria for teachers is in the public record, so why not the same […]

August 14, 2014
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CPRA

Accessing public employee timesheets

[…] record and must be disclosed to the public upon request unless a provision of the PRA exempts it from disclosure. Gov't Code Section 6252-6253. There is an exemption for "personnel" records that public agencies routinely invoke when they believe a request seeks information pertaining to identifiable public officials or employees that is private or […]

August 4, 2011
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CPRA School Records

District denies teacher access to defaming emails

Under the Public Records Act (CPRA), a record prepared or maintained by a public agency is presumptively subject to disclosure, unless some exemption applies. Gov't Code § 6253(b). The Act does contain an exemption for "ersonnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." Gov't Code […]

November 12, 2013
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CPRA

Is gender of foster care staff public information?

We are investigating sexual abuse in a foster care shelter. We requested the gender for two staff members because they have ambiguous names. The county asserted that Section 6254(c), the personnel records exceptions applies. Staffing decisions at the facility are made based on gender (male staff members are not supposed to oversee female resident's baths), […]

August 13, 2014
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CPRA

California Driver’s License Numbers and the CPRA

[…] medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." Govt. Code § 6254(c). It is not clear, however, whether this exemption would apply to driver's license information for licensed businesses, as such records would not necessarily be "personnel, medical, or similar files," and the disclosure of the […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Newsgathering

Autopsy records of a public official

[…] report. Hepatitis A or B can be contracted from any number of sources, including homosexual sex, intravenous drug use, blood transfusions, etc. I thought the right of privacy under this exemption goes away when the individual dies. True? In your opinion, is this a case the media would likely win if we went to court?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA FOIA

Construction inspectors’ addresses omitted from CPRA response

[…] 332, 345 (1984) (standard for weighing whether nondisclosure is proper under § 6254(c) is almost the same as the standard contained in the Public Record Act's catch-all exemption). Moreover, courts have found that the when the information pertains to a governmental employee or contractor, the more authority the governmental actor has, the more reduced […]

July 18, 2013
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CPRA

UC student grades and the CPRA

[…] of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record."There is no express exemption in the PRA for records constituting student grades but under the provisions of Section 6254(c) and 6255, the University of California may decline to provide access […]

June 14, 2009