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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Does the CPRA allow access to mugshots?

    […] hit and run case was requested. As they always do, the police department denied our request for the mug shot and offered this standard reasoning for the exemption: "Based on your request for ‘the mug shot of the suspect arrested this morning for the fatal hit and run,’ the City must deny your request […]

    December 23, 2012

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    CPRA

    Third Party Notification

    Does the custodian of a public record have the right to notify the party that someone is requesting their public record?  I.e., there was a bid for a public entity that is now closed.  I want to obtain a copy of the winning bid, but the custodian is saying that they have to notice […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Disclosure of applicant information under PRA

    We're trying to request the applications of taxicab applicants to see if the regulatory body is discriminating. The public agency has redacted most of the applications for fear of a misdemeanor in releasing "convictions," (e.g. the agency maintains its own allegations of infractions and the applicants voluntarily submitted their place of doing business and […]

    March 22, 2016

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    CPRA FOIA Police Records

    Obtaining concluded investigative reports

    […] are not obtainable," I assume you are dealing with local law enforcement and not the FBI.That is unfortunate because the California Supreme Court has held that the exemption to the California Public Records Act for police investigatory files goes on forever, even years after the investigation is concluded. That case is Williams v. Superior […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FOIA

    Non-response to FOIA request

    Pursuant to the Freedom of In formation Act (FOIA), each agency is required to determine within 20 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) after the receipt of a request whether to comply with the request.5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(A)(i).The actual disclosure of documents is required to follow promptly thereafter.The FOIA permits an agency […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can’t flush out City’s drainage report

    We are in a dispute with developer regarding a drainage diversion across ourproperty. Many months ago we asked the City for help and they  hiredanoutside engineer and geologist to conduct an investigation. After about three months, the engineer has been paid for several tasks relating to this, but the City has provided no information […]

    May 4, 2011

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    CPRA Police Records

    Trouble obtaining arrest records and mugshots

    We are attempting to obtain arrest logs and mugshots or the booking photos associated with each arrest from local police jurisdictions for the purpose of crime statistical data gathering. We are asking for data on a consistent basis, i.e. daily email, weekly spreadsheets etc. Some jurisdictions have supplied the arrest logs but no photos. […]

    October 28, 2011

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    CPRA

    Labor Commission Records

    […] Records Act (PRA), Government Code section 6250 et seq., records maintained by public agencies are presumptively available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies.  In this case, that exemption that likely applies is found in section 6254(f), which exempts "records of investigations" as well as "investigatory files" held by […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    County’s Technical Review

    We recently made a Public Record Request for documents relating to the County's General Plan technical review and technical fix. The request was denied because: "...this draft is still undergoing internal staff and legal review. For that reason, the County is not able to produce the draft, or any memoranda or correspondence relating to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA FOIA

    Third time no charm: University denies documents, offers no explanation

    The university where I work denied a Freedom of In formation (FOIA) request that involved analysis of information that provided justification for a university policy.  After the denial I refined my letter to request specific documents. However, they haven't responded at to my second request, or to a follow up after ten working days […]

    February 4, 2011