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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I see the city’s settlement agreement with police officers?

    […] (and, again, this may be unlikely, as it should generally be possible to draft a settlement agreement without including material so sensitive that it qualifies for an exemption from disclosure under the PRA), please note that the city should still disclose the rest of the agreement with the exempt material redacted. Govt. Code 6253(a) […]

    April 14, 2010

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    FAC-backed bill, AB 521, would require disclosure of water usage by corporations

    The California Legislature will consider a FAC-backed bill to narrow the CPRA’s exemption for information on water usage by customers of government water districts. The bill, AB 1520, would reverse the outcome of an unsuccessful lawsuit filed by FAC against the Coachella Valley Water District in 2014. The CPRA for nearly 20 years has […]

    June 30, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How can we make CSU produce public records withheld without explanation?

    […] produced some of the records requested, all of the records are not being produced. (We have evidence of this). A group of concerned faculty members have asked for these records because University Administration has been misusing funds (e.g., improper payments to themselves) and retaliating against faculty members who filed Whistleblower Complaints. We know that […]

    October 7, 2015

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    Brown Act CPRA

    State appointed School District Trustee violating Brown Act, CPRA

    […] Act when he did not specify appointments he was making to the School Board to fill vacant seats. He also is denying public review of the application for the School Board seats of those he selected. We sent a letter to the State Trustee asking him to "cure and correct" the Brown Act violation […]

    May 18, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    What Records Or Documents Are Public In A City Purchase Of Private Property?

    […] specific provision of the Act or other law exempts them from disclosure. The CPRA contains numerous exemptions. One that might be relevant in this situation is the exemption in § 6254(h) for "The contents of real estate appraisals or engineering or feasibility estimates and evaluations made for or by the state or local agency […]

    September 16, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Fire Department employee names

    Would the Names of employees working for a City Fire Department be considered accessible via the Public Records Request? I have a year range from like 1985 to 1987.

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Cases Press Release

    FAC & Reporters Committee file briefs in Apple v. Samsung secrecy appeal

    […] the unsealing of certain confidential financial records filed under seal by both Apple and Samsung. Also filed Monday: a media amicus brief prepared by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and submitted on behalf of the New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Gannett and others. Together, the two amicus briefs […]

    October 17, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    The public should know if school employee embezzled $2m

    I have some information and documentation that a school district employee in Administrative Services was dismissed from her job for embezzling at least $2 million in district funds.  The employee was allowed to retire with benefits. Without Federal stimulus funds the district would be facing an $11 million deficit this year. I believe this […]

    October 6, 2009

  • Latest News

    Extracting information from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) takes persistence and understanding one’s rights under FOIA

    […] practical limit the Privacy Act places on FOIA disclosures is to prohibit disclosure in circumstances where agencies already have the discretion to withhold records under a FOIA exemption." The Privacy Act, in other words, has no relevance in situations where FOIA requires disclosure, leaving ICE with no discretion in the matter. There are FOIA […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Can I Use the CPRA to access investigative files?

    I am trying to get investigative records from California's Department of Consumer Affairs and the California Department of Justice for a complaint I am lodging against a former employer. How do I go about submitting such a request?

    March 26, 2015