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CPRA

How can copy fees vary from agency to agency?

I submitted a bid to be the janitorial service provider for the county court house. After the bid was over I asked for the bid results, evaluation results and winning bidders proposal. I received a letter back stating that I had to pay $0.50 per page when I normally pay $0.10 per copy from […]

September 5, 2011
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Letter to City of Seaside Regarding Disclosure of Claim to Press
- Public Records
August 22, 2024
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Brown Act

Authority to call school district special meetings

California Govt. Code Section 61221(c) states that as part of its internal organization, the board of a Community Services District shall "provide for the manner of calling special meetings." The School District should have adopted a rule about calling special meetings, and this rule presumably sets forth who is authorized to call an emergency […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Employee Information and the CPRA

[…] has so far removed the information, reposted it and removed it again. They state that it is public information which anyone can obtain. I understand the need for public knowledge but I would think knowing a state agency's classifications and associated salary ranges is much different than posting an individual's exact income. They are […]

June 14, 2009
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Government officials use personal email and texting to avoid public access laws. Why not use technology to enhance accountability instead of to subvert it?

[…] PETER SCHEER---All public officials favor open government in principle. Who would dare say otherwise? In reality, however, they are in a perpetual search, guided by clever lawyers, for new ways to circumvent disclosure requirements--at best, because they view requests for records as a nuisance, and at worst, because they have something to hide (which […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
August 22, 2009
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First Amendment

Can CA legally charge fees for filming on private property?

Is it legal for Los Angeles County to charge a fee to film on private property when no public roads or public services are needed? Isn't this against constitutional rights to free speech?

May 14, 2015
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Brown Act CPRA

Recording public’s comments in board minutes

The Brown Act, which governs the public's right of access to public meetings of legislative bodies, and provides for things such as public comment, does not require legislative bodies of local agencies to keep minutes of meetings or to tape their meetings. And, even if they choose to do so, it does not address […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Fees for “compiling” digital documents at UC?

[…] am trying to obtain public records at my university which are stored in electronic format. I have been told that I will be charged $.20 per page for the electronic record and, upon inquiring about this fee have been referred to the following policy by the California State University: Public Records Act? The records […]

May 15, 2012
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CPRA

Charging for Electronic Records

A local hospital district claims it is "required" to charge me for access to inspect records that they claim are only available in electronic form. They have demanded a deposit of hundreds of dollars and my agreement to pay them whatever they determine the actual cost to be. When you consider that more and […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Can a California agency deny my records request without providing any citations or reasons?

[…] the request or to the purpose of the request, if stated. (2) Describe the information technology and physical location in which the records exist. (3) Provide suggestions for overcoming any practical basis for denying access to the records or information sought. Cal. Gov. Code § 6253.1(a). Therefore, if these records exist, the agency is […]

September 23, 2020