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CPRA

City avoiding disclosure of personal email

[…] press to have received email regarding a particular issue. Our PRA requesting those email have been rejected by the city because they do not have email accounts for council members. However on the city website the link to contact council members is the council member’s personal email account. If the city is listing the […]

January 13, 2012
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CPRA

Tape recording closed sessions

As an elected Trustee for a local school district, may I record closed session for my personal use (note taking)? These would not be permanent records as I would reuse the tape for the next recording.

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Changing search warrant policy

[…] search warrant policy where the affiants or other law enforcement officer who is filing the search warrant redacts information from the warrant in order to reduce the work of the exhausted and overworked court clerks. Items redacted include vehicles searched, addresses searched, and persons being searched. The clerk’s office has the redacted files for viewing.

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Closed sessions…

[…] allows legislative bodies to hold closed sessions to discuss pending litigation when discussion in open session would prejudice the public agency. The purpose of the pending litigation exemption is to protect confidential attorney-client communications and allow a legislative body to meet with its attorney to receive legal advice and make legal decisions; if the […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

DMV License Plate Records

[…] back as non-existent. A DMV telephone help line operator told me the plate number was not in the DMV system. I submitted a broad CPRA request asking for all paper and electronic records for the license plate number as well as a photo of the vehicle showing the plates. DMV replied to my CPRA […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

City Council Met Prior to Public Meeting and Made Last-Minute Agenda Changes

[…] accessible to members of the public. Government Code § 54954.2(a). In general, the legislative body cannot take action on any item that is not on the agenda for a meeting. Government Code § 54954.2(a)(2). This prevents bodies from avoiding the requirements of the Brown Act by omitting important items from the agenda. The Brown […]

May 17, 2018
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A Guide to 2023 Open Meetings Law Changes

[…] lawmakers increased the ability of members of both local and state bodies to participate remotely — pandemic-inspired policy that set off debates about whether such increased flexibility for public officials would result in less accountability to the public. Additional changes include a bill that allows the presiding member of a body governed by the […]

February 16, 2023
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CPRA

Accessing bids for public contracts

I have submitted a request for public records to an irrigation district, consisting of several documents but most importantly a copy of a publicly read proposal turned in my another contractor. The irrigation district’s general counsel refused the request and quoted Times Mirror v. Superior Court. Public bids are read aloud at the time of […]

June 14, 2009
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Update on open-government legislative proposals in Sacramento

AB 1978 AB 1978, a Bill that would have closed public access to ‘basemap’ data for Geographic Information Systems (GIS), put forth by Assemblymember Jose Solorio, was dropped after opposition from the GIS/GeoData and freedom of information communities. GIS "basemap" data is used to create the base layer for all local computer mapping. The […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 6, 2009
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Brown Act

Closed college governing body meeting to endorse trustees candidate

I have what is probable a simple question for you. I am wondering if a student governing body at a college can meet in close session to discuss possibly endorsing a candidate for the board of trustees in an upcoming election? Would this violate the Brown Act?

June 14, 2009