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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Does Brown Act allow City secrecy about power plant plans?

    […] plant. The 5-year CEC permit is about to expire. Can the City keep secret the development map and property owners names on the building extension petition? The petition for another 5-year extension was filed with the CEC before the Council "formally" voted its support. Isn’t it suppose to be approved by vote and then filed?

    June 14, 2013

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    CPRA

    City Wrongly Applying “Deliberative Process Exemption” To Requested Records

    […] City administration is wrongfully terminating employees as punishment for asking for disability retirement. I am a victim. They are withholding emails by wrongfully applying the deliberative process exemption to protect themselves from lawsuit for the wrongful termination. I have written proof. I have contacted this agency once before using this form but never got […]

    February 9, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to public records denied during business hours

    […] , I have gone to the Park and Recreation Department to review public records (on site, in the building) during normal business hours and I have been sent away. If at all possible, I would like to file a motion this week to force the department to allow me access to these and other records.

    November 21, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Are police dashboard-cam videos exempt from the CPRA?

    […] cam. I've asked for the video through CPRA requests to the district attorney's office and the city and been denied, with both agencies citing the investigatory files exemption. I'm now petitioning the juvenile court to release the record from the arrestee's file, and through his attorney I understand the juvenile is supporting the video's […]

    March 18, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Trying To Access Autopsy Records Of Mass Shooting Victims

    […] having difficulty obtaining the autopsy records from the reported mass shooting in Thousand Oaks on November 7-8, 2018. My understanding is Autopsy Records are public records in the State of California. How do I force the Medical Examiner's hand? I've been asking about these since November. They don't even cite an exemption from the PRA.

    April 1, 2020

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Jail Files of Prisoner Suicide

    I want to investigate the suicide of man in the county jail. Can I get access to his files at the public defender and district attorney offices now that he is dead? Or are they still exempt from the CPRA?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Animal shelter won’t disclose contact info on local cat trapper

    […] in writing, which obligates the County to respond in writing—however, regardless of form, the agency was required to cite any exemptions it is claiming and describe how the exemption applies to the records.  Gov’t Code § 6253(c).  It appears they did not, and we are left to speculate as to the basis of the claimed […]

    June 15, 2016

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    Cases Press Release

    Secret Docket Revealed: FAC Wins Cal Supreme Court Rulings Unsealing Clemency Files

    […] rulings — six unanimous opinions issued Sept. 11 — reject Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to keep secret the files the Governor submits in support of his requests for the Supreme Court’s consent to grant clemency to twice-convicted felons. As a result, Governor Newsom is required to publicly release some previously sealed records no later […]

    September 16, 2019

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    CPRA Police Records

    Are the officer’s emails exempt from access under the CA Public Records Act?

    I am considering filing an open records request under the California Public records act for the internal emails of a police sergeant.I suspect there is information related to misconduct on an issue not related to any open criminal case or crime investigation. Are the officer's emails exempt under the law, or would the department […]

    September 22, 2015