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    CA Senate Bill 1421 Would Bring Desperately Needed Transparency to Police Misconduct Files

    […] including officer-involved shootings and instances where police officers have lied under oath. Law enforcement officers are alone among public employees in California (at least those who work for agencies subject to the California Public Records Act) in being able to keep secret even confirmed allegations of misconduct. For everyone except police officers, investigations into […]

    April 9, 2018

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    CPRA School Records

    Are School Yearbooks Public Records?

    […] § 6253.  You might also want to remind the district that if the written request is denied, it is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek, Gov't code § 6255, and that if you are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    City Hall withholding excessive water users’ ID info

     I cover city council meetings for a weekly newspaper in Northern California. City Hall will not release names or addresses for those exceeding city water rationing requirements. The city is in a declared water emergency. I can get a list of high users identified as residential or business water users like motels or restaurants, […]

    July 14, 2014

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    Police Records

    How Can I Access Florida Police Body-Camera Videos?

    […] camera videos from a Florida law enforcement agency that have not been provided in response to a freedom of information act. Nor were they included in discovery for a criminal case. I believe there is damning evidence on the video of police misconduct, obstruction of justice, malicious prosecution et cetera. What are my options […]

    June 7, 2021

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Applicability of the Public Records Act to Private Text Messages

    […] oil spill.  He claims that the phone records and text messages are not public record because he used his personal iPhone and has not submitted a request for reimbursement from the City. I have checked the Sunshine Law, Brown Act and CA Public Records Act and can find no authority for the Mayor's position. […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    How to access Health & Safety building layout plans

    I need copies of site plans and store layout plans for evidence in a Planning Commission Appeal. I am aware of Health & Safety Code Section 19851 requiring permission from an architect. However, how does the Records Act affect 19851. Is my assumption that the City needs to disclose emails on specific subjects correct?

    August 17, 2011

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    CPRA

    Does the PRA apply to community college records

    A recent student survey was conducted by my community college's general emailing service. Can I send a CPRA request form to the community college to receive the results of the survey?

    April 12, 2016

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    Court Records

    Juvenile mother competency hearing

    In Juvenile Court, a competency hearing is being held for a young girl accused of abandoning her baby. The district attorney's office has charged her with attempted murder and felony child abandonment. Under WIC 676, the public should be allowed into the criminal proceedings. However, the DA's office said the criminal proceedings have been […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Victory for Transparency: CA Supreme Court Rejects Police Union Effort to Gut Landmark Police Transparency Law

    In a significant victory for government transparency and accountability, the California Supreme Court today denied a police union’s last-minute effort to undermine the effectiveness of a new, landmark police transparency law, rejecting the union’s effort to make the law (SB 1421) apply only to records created after January 1, 2019. The First Amendment Coalition […]

    January 2, 2019