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    Behind the Headlines: How EdSource Put Sunshine on Policing in California Schools

    […] on this. With limited exceptions, police in California have very wide discretion to provide nothing under the California Public Records Act, largely because of  the investigatory records exemption,* which is very broad and almost never expires. Additionally, schools are subject to educational privacy rules, so what happens in them is often secret under the […]

    October 14, 2024

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    CPRA

    Email Correspondence Records

    […] v. San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District,  139 Cal. App. 4th 1356, 1411 (2006).  Based on the information you provide, I cannot say for certain whether an exemption to disclosure applies, although there are several that may apply depending on the particular circumstances. I would suggest that you submit a written PRA request for […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Can I access history of code violations using the CPRA?

    […] is normally the case. This is a mentally ill individual who has many restraining orders against him by County staff…yet they saw no reason to withhold my name from him! I want access to everything related, emails and paper files to help protect myself. I assume this is CPRA request. Any detailed advice is appreciated.

    June 4, 2013

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    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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    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    Parents not invited to meeting that resulted in removing their autistic student from public school

    […] parents and Board member. At the parents' email requests, the Board Member arranged a meeting with himself, the Superintendent, and a large group of parents in a forum at the school district’s office to discuss my son, and behaviors resulting from his disability. This group of parents included parents from the PTA Board at […]

    May 16, 2012

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    CPRA

    My child welfare records from 30 years ago

    […] I can't get anyone there to help me procure those records. I want access to the records between 1975-1978, or thereabouts. I am now 45. Do I have a way to get them? Please respond and let me know what kind of lawyer I need for something like that, I live in another state now.

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    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