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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    PRA request denied for correspondence related to reports

    […] were recently accepted by City staff and posted on the City website. Reports were identified as independent analyses of effects of proposed commercial sports facilities. My request for written correspondence between City staff and companies that prepared reports was denied. Will you be able to advise me as to how to proceed further to access […]

    September 7, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Denied access to county’s seismic studies

    […] 1386 (2001) (newspaper successfully sued transportation agency for disclosure of public records). In order to justify withholding the documents you request, the agency must cite a specific exemption, and explain why it applies to the records you seek.Gov't Code § 6253(c). In addition to some of the specific exemptions that agencies invoke in justifying […]

    September 29, 2011

  • Handbooks

    California Brown Act Primer

    […] 2022 by Legal Fellow Monica Price, with contributions from Executive Director David Snyder and Legal Director David Loy. It was created in 2006 by James Chadwick, then of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. Please see this 2023 addendum for an overview of open-meetings law changes that occurred since this guide was published in March 2022.

    September 8, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    If A Lawyer Sends A Threatening Letter to A City Attorney Marked “Confidential” Is It?

    I would agree with your assessment that marking a letter between lawyers as "confidential" does not justify exemption under the Public Records Act. Although the PRA exempts, via Government Code 6254(k), certain privileged communications, e.g., those protected by the attorney-client privilege per Evidence Code§§ 954, 955, and work product, as protected under Civil Procedure […]

    November 5, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    PRA request from the California Engineer Board

    […] the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency" is presumed public and must be disclosed unless a specific exemption applies.  Gov’t Code § 6252(e). If you make a written request to the Board (a sample letter is available here) it must determine whether the records […]

    April 14, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal case files and the Public Records Act

    […] from disclosure. Gov't Code § 6254(f). However, basic information about an incident must be disclosed, such as "the time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received by the agency and the time and nature of the response thereto, including, to the extent the information regarding crimes alleged or committed or […]

    July 19, 2012

  • Posts

    FAC’s letter to Gov Brown, urging veto of SB 1300

    […] Coalition (FAC), I am writing to request your veto—or, alternatively, a qualified signing--of Senate Bill 1300, which requires oil companies to file reports on scheduled shutdowns, typically for maintenance, of their refinery facilities. We have no objection to the bill’s substantive regulatory requirements. However, we object strongly to procedural requirements that will seriously curtail […]

    September 17, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Attempting to access phone call recordings made from jail

    I want to request a copy of the recordings or transcripts of phone calls placed by an inmate at the County Jail. Are there cases or laws that I can use in my request to argue for releasing this media?

    January 13, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Internal audit reports and the CPRA

    […] Board of Directors copies of internal audit reports, in open session. These reports are not made available during the meeting when requested. These reports are not available for inspection when requested. When I requested the reports, I was told the internal audit reports are not Public Records. I require guidance on possible reason/s these […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    CPR request denied because it wasn’t submitted on letterhead

    My request request for mugshot demographics data was denied by the California Department of Corrections. I sent specific data parameters for this information along with my name address and telephone number and received a telephone call from someone in the state archives denying my request. I was told the request was denied because it was not submitted […]

    February 12, 2017