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CPRA

Online Sheriff’s Blotter

Although California's Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to provide access to most records created, used, or maintained by the agencies, there are broad exemptions for records related to law enforcement. Govt. Code Section 6254(f) (see below). But this section of the PRA provides that "state and local law enforcement agencies shall […]

June 14, 2009
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AG Holder, in speech, describes al-Awlaki “lethal targeting” memo that is the subject of recent FAC suit

[…] drone strike in Yemen in September 2010. FAC's suit, filed last month seeks release of the al-Awlaki memo, either redacted or in an unclassified version. Separate suits for this memo and related documents have also been filed by the New York Times (in federal court in Manhattan) and the ACLU (in federal court in […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
March 16, 2012
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Brown Act

Closed meeting votes and the Brown Act

Under the Brown Act, can a sitting city council conduct a secret vote (no public notification) whether to consider a legally filed candidate for a city commission appointment, and then, refuse to make public how each council member voted or how the tally went when they do appoint candidates to a commission?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Government Employee Benefits Records

Under the PRA, public records must be disclosed unless there is a specific exemption in law authorizing an agency to withhold them. Grounds for withholding records can include privacy interests where those interests are clearly established, there is a legitimate threat to them from disclosure, and the public interest in protecting those interests clearly […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Obtaining the names of notaries public

[…] public registered in various counties in Southern California. To my understanding, this is public information because one can go into the County Clerk's office and verify authenticity for the notary public one's considering using. The most problematic for me has been the Riverside County Clerk, from where a representative stated over the phone they […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Obtaining records of traffic citations

[…] 4 different agencies issue traffic citations in San Diego. These citations are then fed into the computers at the traffic courts.I would like to obtain weekly records from the traffic courts, containing details of all the citations issued during the previous fortnight.How could I go about ensuring that I can obtain this information in California?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

CPRA fees and information in electronic form

Responding to a request for copies of all messages, emails from council members laptops to each other, especially during the periods of council meetings for the last two months, the city has responded thusly:Pursuant to the California Public Records Act Government Code 6253.9 b. 2 the following fees are associated with fulfilling your request: […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

How Do I Address Agency’s Failure to Honor Brown Act Meeting Notification Deadlines?

The airport commission in our municipality has only given 25 hours notice of the time and location change for their next meeting. This commission is notorious for posting meeting agendas at the last minute and scheduling meetings that are not convenient for residents to attend. Is the airport commission in violation of the Brown […]

September 26, 2021
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Brown Act CPRA

Request denied for fire district celebration guest list

[…] not something normally kept on file, any factual sections of the report, and perhaps its observations and analysis, would typically not be precluded from disclosure under this exemption. Citizens for a Better Environment v. Department of Food Agriculture, 171 Cal. App. 3d 704 (1985). Note that the case also said that even if documents […]

August 16, 2013
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UCLA Turns Over Video of Contentious Event with Treasury Secretary After Public Records Requests Flood in

[…] influenced by a third party. "The records were created by UCLA and are in possession of UCLA, a state body subject to CPRA," FAC’s request stated. "No exemption provides a third party to "revoke consent" or control access to such records." Just over a week later, on the evening of Friday, March 9, UCLA […]
March 12, 2018