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First Amendment Newsgathering

Media Access to Federal Disaster Scenes

We have been having difficulty getting access to photographing firefighting efforts on a National Forest within the state for a wildfire. U.S. Forest Service personnel suggest that California Penal Code 409.5 doesn't apply to federal employees or federal land. They also refuse to allow media through road blocks on county roads leading to National Forest, […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act First Amendment

Limiting Public Comment to Issues Not Already Covered

I recently attended a County Board of Supervisor's Meeting concerning implementation of medical cannabis ID card program. During the meeting the board Chairman told the individuals coming forward that when they are giving their testimonies they are to limit their comments to issue other than what has already been brought up by previous testimonies. […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

JPA/private company partnership and the CPRA?

If a city formed a joint powers association with a private company, is this joint powers association subject the California Public Records Act? Can any member of the public get access to the records if the records are kept by the private company?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA FOIA

Information on Minors, Public Schools, and the California Public Records Act

I would like to know if information on children attending public schools is available under the Federal Open Records Act. I am looking to get mailing address for parents sending their children to public schools. If this information is available, would I be able to get the information from the school district office or […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Future Council Members, Participation, and the Brown Act

[…] legislative body who has not yet assumed the duties of office shall conform his or her conduct to the requirements of this chapter and shall be treated for purposes of enforcement of this chapter as if he or she has already assumed office." Cal Govt. Code Section 54952.1. However, the Brown Act does not […]

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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Brown Act

Discussion of Employee Termination in Closed Session

[…] 2007, the City held its last budget study session and on the closed session my job, as Director of Finance, title or position was never put on for discussion, nor was my job title put on for closed session since I started with the City. The next morning the mayor and the City manager […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Disclosure of Traffic Tickets, Personal Information

[…] v. Superior Court, 20 Cal. 4th 1178 (1999); Burkle v. Burkle, 135 Cal. App. 4th 1045 (2006). California Rule of Court 243.1 sets forth the stringent requirements for sealing (ie, denying public access) to court records. For a document to be sealed, the court must make specific findings on the record, including that there […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Destruction of Public Records

[…] See 64 Op. Atty. Gen. Cal. 317 (1981) ("Nothing in the Public Records Act purports to govern destruction of records ... Its sole function is to provide for disclosure."). Moreover, it is not always clear what destruction of records is permissible under other provisions of California law. Section 34090 of the Government Code provides […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Destruction of Memos by the Police Department

[…] requirement that the copies accurately and legibly reproduce the original, the copies be kept in a safe and separate place, etc.). I am not aware of any exemption for the records at issue in your email. Based on the information you have provided, it sounds as though the destruction of the records at issue […]

June 14, 2009