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    CPRA

    CPRA request won’t be fulfilled unless we show documents we’ve already received

    […] want to.  A better approach would be to continue working with the agency to formulate key word searches.  Additionally, remember that if the agency decides to claim an exemption, it must let you know specifically what exemption it is relying on and how that exemption applies. Gov’t Code § 6253(c), Bryan Cave LLP is general […]

    June 16, 2016

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    CPRA

    Access to sheriff’s e-mail and phone records

    Our new sheriff is using his personal cell phone and personal e-mail for conducting county business. He rarely uses his county-issued phone or his official county e-mail address to respond to citizens,  instead public inquiries will be answered via his private e-mail. I believe there is some other activity going on as well, including […]

    March 22, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Dairy Plant Inspection Records

    The short answer to your question is that if the daily inspection records are maintained for enforcement or license purposes by the Department of Food and Agriculture, they are probably exempt from disclosure under Government Code section 6254(f) of the California Public Records Act.  But if these inspections are routinely done and the reports are not […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Counsel for a school board

    I am reporter and seeking advice about what I can do to request information from our local school district. Recently our school board hired a lawyer to formulate legal opinion about a particular school board policy. The opinion is in, but they refuse to share the information, citing attorney-client privilege. Is there any way […]

    June 14, 2009

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    New ruling in FAC case opens door to release of state bar records needed for affirmative action research

    […] Bar applicants are subject to a "common law" right of public access which, following further proceedings, could result in their disclosure--stripped of all names and identifying information-- for academic research into the effects of affirmative action policies. The decision, in a lawsuit filed by UCLA Professor Richard Sander and the First Amendment Coalition, an […]

    June 10, 2011

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    Press Release

    FAC to Intervene in Lawsuit that Attempts to Prohibit Disclosure of Public Records

    Reporter Seeks Records Regarding Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Students by a Public School Teacher FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — The First Amendment Coalition has filed a motion to intervene in Shelton v. Napa Valley Unified School District, a "reverse CPRA" lawsuit that seeks to prevent the release of public […]

    May 9, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Agency won’t provide records in electronic format

    In response to our public records request for electronic data, public agencies have refused to release data in Excel format. They have instead given us pdfs or hard copies. Their reasons are vague, ranging from concerns we will manipulate the data to saying it's not their policy to release data in that format. I […]

    August 18, 2010

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    CPRA

    Access to government officials’ email on personal account

    […] home address or personal e-mail account to conduct public business.Under the PRA,there would be a strong argument that such correspondence would be subject to disclosure, unless an exemption applies. Under the PRA, "any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local […]

    June 8, 2009