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    CPRA School Records

    School District Stalling Over My Request For Gender Breakdowns On Student Performance

    I made a PRA request to the School District for gender breakdowns on student performance. After nine business days, I receive an email reply from a law firm seeking "clarification" on about fifty percent of the items. The clarifications requested are not necessary; they are stalling. And they do claim to have approximately half […]

    April 21, 2022

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    CPRA

    How to Request Information Stored in a Database?

    How does the California Public Records Act handle information stored in a database rather than a specific record (e.g. an existing, stand-alone document)? For example, if I'm looking for historical financial information on a public works project at my city, the data might be in a database and would require city staff to run […]

    March 11, 2020

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Stripped of First Amendment Rights By City Council

    I went to a city council meeting and a woman was being proposed for city office. I condemned her appointment, saying Martin Luther King Jr. would not have approved. I also condemned the homosexuals in the room. Christianity is often condemned by others with no results, but this time, the Mayor interrupted me and […]

    December 4, 2018

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    Social Media

    University Facebook Group Admin Threatened with Defamation Lawsuit

    I am the admin and creator of a Facebook group. Recently I was threatened to be named in a defamation suit for the posts of a member. We are a public group that posts news and opinions on our University, teams, team play, team coaching. We allow posts by members who voice approval or […]

    April 16, 2019

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    Bagley-Keene Act

    How Do Citizens Know If Agenda Items Meet the Criteria for Closed Sessions Discussion?

    […] the closed session portion of a meeting of a state body qualify under relevant law to be so classified? Do we have to take the agency's word for it? At meeting this year of a committee of CalPERS pension fund, many topics that for years have been taken up in open meetings were moved […]

    December 14, 2020

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    CPRA

    Can a records request be denied in California over fear of the public being misinformed?

    We are unaware of any cases holding that a danger of misleading the public is valid grounds for withholding a record. As you know,the "catch-all" exemption of § 6255 only applies if the agency can demonstrate that "on the facts of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly […]

    September 23, 2020

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    CPRA

    Requested Email Failed to Disclose BCC Recipients

    I am a school district trustee with concerns about a fellow trustee. The district received a PRA request for an email sent from the board member's personal email to his school email. It was blind copied (bcc'd) to others. The PRA request asked for the complete email, including recipients. An affidavit, signed by the […]

    November 12, 2018

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    Accessing A Prison Visit Audio Transcript in Maine

    I am helping a former inmate in Maine write a documentary on his case and we are trying to access a recording or a transcript of two conversations: the first took place at the prison and the second was a phone call that was made by the inmate from prison. We attempted to access […]

    March 6, 2020