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CPRA

Are CPRA requests public?

Are Public Records Act requests themselves exempt from the Public Records Act? Specifically, are PRA logs or other materials used to document PRA requests exempt or available for public review?

June 14, 2009
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US releases to FAC new legal memo on 2010 killing of Anwar al-Awlaki. Here’s our analysis.

[…] memo is posted below. The newly released memo, dated February 19, 2010, was provided to FAC in connection with our ongoing FOIA lawsuit against the Justice Department for access to all legal memos on the Awlaki killing. The administration had previously released a longer legal memo, dated July 10, 2010, on the same subject […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
August 15, 2014
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CPRA Police Records

Sheriff’s office denies access to 2004 arrest documents saying too much time has elapsed

[…] by. . . or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency. . . ."There is no temporal limitation on this exemption: it applies equally to ongoing and closed investigations. Williams v. Superior Court, 5 Cal. 4th 337 (1993). The information required to be extracted from such records […]

October 4, 2011
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Brown Act

How Do We Make a Community Service District Board Comply with the Brown Act?

[…] the Volunteer Fire Department and changed the locks without consulting our Fire Chief. No meetings dates, no agendas, nor anything about the actions of the board except for Fire Department issues are posted on the CSD website. I have also asked for financial reports for our fire department on multiple occasions by email, verbal, […]

January 20, 2021
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CPRA School Records

CPRA and “Prompt” Production of Records

[…] told it will take an estimated 12 weeks to produce the records. My initial search of case law indicates that there is no hard and fast guideline for what is considered "prompt" under the statute; however, 12 weeks seems very excessive to me considering the small scope of the request. Also, this school district […]

May 23, 2018
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Brown Act

Emailed Public Comments Were Not Read as Promised at Board of Supervisors Meeting Closed By Coronavirus

[…] impliedly requiring the physical presence of members, the clerk or other personnel of the body, or of the public as a condition of participation in or quorum for a public meeting"during the COVID-19 crisis. In addition, Order N-29-20 states: "A local . . . body . . . that holds a meeting via teleconferencing […]

August 12, 2020
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CPRA

Accessing public payrolls

I recently filed a public records request for teacher payroll information with the Los Angeles Unified School District. My request was denied on the grounds that it represented an unreasonable invasion of privacy. It's my understanding that public employee payroll documents should not be exempt through the "privacy" clause. A fellow student working with […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Does Brown Act Allow Adding Agenda Items Less Than 72-Hours Before A Meeting?

A California City Council originally released an agenda for its regular meeting without a closed session. Each agenda usually has a closed session heading listed at the end of the meeting — but the council doesn't meet in closed session; it's like a placeholder. On its action calendar, the council was scheduled to discuss […]

May 19, 2020
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FAC Honors Open Vallejo, Kaiser Health News, and The Maine Monitor with Annual Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2023 Contact: fac@firstamendmentcoalition.org SAN RAFAEL – The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 Free Speech and Open Government Award: three journalists who strategically used public records to expose government misconduct and failures of accountability. Some of this work resulted in significant government […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
February 27, 2023
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CPRA FOIA Police Records

Online arrest records no longer show violations

[…] agencies may argue that sections 6254(f)(1) and (2) only require them to provide arrestee and incident information on a daily basis, as opposed to responding to requests for specific arrestee information. However, in amending the Public Records Act in 1982 to include the requirement that arrestee information be released, as well as incident reports, […]

November 17, 2009