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Brown Act CPRA

CPRA request was denied for document discussed in open session

[…] victim of alleged sexual molestation by a county physician, the supervisors discussed corrective action the county would take in response to the lawsuit. However when I asked for a copy of the Corrective Action Plan document, which is sometime posted with the settlement information, I was told the document was "confidential." I immediately filed […]

January 14, 2016
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Brown Act CPRA

City Attorney says legal analysis is a CPRA exemption

[…] a PRA request for any legal analysis of the proposal. The City Attorney replied the legal analysis is attorney client privileged communication and is therefore a CPRA exemption. However, City Attorney also stated the document has not been the subject of an open or closed session of City Council. Can City Attorney distribute such […]

June 10, 2013
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CPRA

State Agency Test Results

I am requesting the results of a test from a state agency. It appears the agency is declining my request not only for my results, but also to view the results of other candidates and also the decision process of the hiring manager.

June 14, 2009
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FOIA Social Media

Advice on How to Request An Agency’s “Unlisted” YouTube Videos

[…] particular agency has posted, however I am not sure how to request that in a way which will get me what I want. Specifically, if I ask for a list of URLs for videos that the agency has posted to YouTube as "unlisted" it may be a reasonable response that such a list does […]

April 6, 2018
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CPRA

Request for names of Squid Vessel Permit buyers denied

[…] list, I specifically want the names of the buyers and seller, whether they be individuals or corporations. Before sending this request I spoke with an environmental scientist for the Department of Fish and Game. She believed the names of the buyers and sellers of Market Squid Vessel Permits were confidential and exempt from the […]

June 11, 2015
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CPRA

Can I use public records to find out why I was denied unemployment benefits?

I received a Notice of Determination from Employment Development Department (EDD) stating that I had I refused a Job…and under Code 1257B will be denied U/I benefits for 10 week…" I believe that EDD was supplied with false information by a previous employer simply for relation and or harassment do to a previous administrative law […]

June 8, 2012
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CPRA Police Records

Is footage taken by an officer wearing a body-camera a public document?

[…] should respond to your request within 10 days, letting you know whether it will release the footage or not, and if not, exactly why (citing the specific exemption and describing how it applies to the records that you seek). Gov’t Code 6253(c). The California Public Records Act applies to "any writing containing information relating […]

June 12, 2014
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CPRA Police Records

Police refuse to release report on shooting

The police are refusing to release a report it is doing on a shooting. Many months have passed since the incident. They give no explanation for their actions. What would be the best way to proceed to get them to release the report?

October 31, 2011
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Cases

CFAC joins appeal to permit webcasting of file-sharing case in federal court

[…] allowed cameras since an experiment in the 1990s---and the discretion of individual federal district court judges to permit cameras is unclear. The brief, filed yesterday, was prepared by lawyers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. -PS Read an article about the brief in Online Media Daily. Read an article about the brief in Online Media Daily.
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009
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First Amendment

Are law enforcement officers exempt from having their court proceedings made public?

[…] presumed right of access under the first amendment should be extended to plea agreements and related documents in criminal cases." Oregonian Pub. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for Dist. of Oregon, 920 F.2d 1462, 1465 (9th Cir. 1990)(citations and quotations omitted). "It is…well-established that the right of access to public records and proceedings is […]

September 15, 2016