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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Going after omitted information

    What are my options for going after emails we believe were omitted from a public records request?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Same fees assessed for electronic data as photocopies

    I’m trying to obtain the school district’s 2010 spending records in digital form, but the USD's General Counsel is asking for 25 cents per page to send the digital information to us. They’ve explained that this is based on the usual fee rate for pages that are photocopied, but as we aren’t asking for […]

    March 23, 2012

  • Latest News

    Did members of Congress make securities trades to profit from breach of debt limit?

    […] or the press, but what they tell their brokers. So it is with members of Congress during the recent political and financial impasse. Here's a story idea for Washington journalists: Take a look at the securities investments made by key members of Congress in the run-up to the deadline for raising the government's debt […]

    October 16, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How long are routine County surveillance records archived?

    I have been fighting a speeding ticket for over the past year. After an initial failed CPRA request, I was able to retrieve dash-cam footage of the incident. However, upon review the County sent me footage from the wrong incident. The data that indicates the date and time of the footage was left out, […]

    May 6, 2016

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    Blog

    Judge Kozinski leads effort to curtail CA’s anti-SLAPP statute

    California's anti-SLAPP law, which provides an effective shield to media organizations sued for libel, invasion of privacy and the like, could soon be a lot less effective if Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, ordinarily a strong advocate for First Amendment protections, has his way. In a concurring opinion to a recent decision, Judge […]

    April 30, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing the California Commission on Judicial Performance

    […] a California Superior Court judge with the California Commission on Judicial performance. That agency stated that we filed a complaint that was well presented. Initially they asked for more background information and said they would review the complaint if we provided that information. After providing further proof that numerous violations of the judicial code […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Inaccurate agenda information at County Board meeting

    Is it a Brown Act violation to intentionally provide false information on the agenda, agenda description, or supporting documents provided with the agenda for a County Board meeting?

    April 15, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How does the CPRA deal with emails between elected officials

    […] one district official to officials in other districts, that concern the public's business, and that are retained in electronic or paper form, must be disclosed (unless some exemption applies). If the elected official here was using his personal computer to send emails on his government-issued email account, it probably would not matter on which […]

    August 21, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Special Meetings and Means of Notice

    Three members of a five member board have called for a special meeting, where the selection process of the General Manager of the district was going to be discussed. The president refused to call the meeting, and or to participate in a conference call. The meeting was not called because the General Manager (that […]

    June 14, 2009