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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police refuse request for incident report from peaceful protest

    […] by the deputies in response to that dispatch. In their letter dated Aug. 3, 2011, I was advised that my request "is denied." The letter then cites exemptions under Gov. Code section 6254 (k), CPC 832.7 and Gov. Code 6254 (f). I believe that our First Amendment rights have been trampled on and the […]

    September 9, 2011

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    CPRA

    Outside City Lawsuit Settlements

    […] included a requirement that the companies submit to the city a complete inventory of all their off-site advertising signs, including location and permit status.  A public request for this information has been denied, citing the following section of the settlement: "Nothing herein shall prevent the City from providing to the public the name of […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Are Construction Permits Accessible Under the CPRA?

    […] about a non-profit organization in California. We tried to request construction permit information from the county where the organization's building is located. The county denied our request for this information, claiming that this is not available to the public. Is it legal to deny this kind of information? Please help us to understand how […]

    April 26, 2022

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    First Amendment

    Seeking Information On Probation Compliance Of Parolee Who Committed Murder

    […] about probation's contacts with the suspect. He conferred with County Counsel and responded that he couldn't release any information and we would need to petition the court for release of the records. Is this accurate? Does this PC section actually prohibit Probation from releasing such information? And, if so, how does one go about […]

    December 11, 2018

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC posts online confidential CalPERS’ docs ordered released by Court

    […] September 24 and the second on September 30. Follow the links below to view the documents. --All documents released Sept. 24 (approximately 1175 pages): Single File --All documents released Sept. 30. These are four files (approximately 115 pages each): File One File Two File Three File Four You can view the Court's decision here: http://bit.ly/bdqtjG

    September 28, 2010

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Op-ed: California Governor Should Commit to Transparency in Clemency Process

    […] in California are generally prohibited from doing — automatically filing records completely under seal? This is a mystery the First Amendment Coalition has been trying to unravel for more than two years, since our organizationlearned of a secretive docketat our state’s highest court. Records related to executive clemency submitted to the court were being […]

    July 7, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    County Ignores My Requests For Public Records

    […] have submitted requests to the County Administrator and Board of Supervisors. The county legal office states they never received the request. It was submitted in March. Counsel for the county advised I should resend it to him. I had attempted to deliver a copy of the CPRA request on in March, but it was […]

    August 7, 2020

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    CPRA

    Former State Employees and the CPRA

    I have a question regarding physical access to a public building. I am a former employee for the Housing Authority of my City, I recently went back to the Central Office building in which I worked to visit some personnel still working there. This building is open to the public and has public access […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can I use information revealed in closed session, or is it privileged?

    I have been an adjunct prof at a local Junior College  for 20 years. When a student  was prevented from passing out constitutions on Constitution Day, I publicly criticized the Administration. They retaliated by giving me a terrible teaching evaluation and by forbidding me to use my own writings in my classes. In response, […]

    September 1, 2016

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    CPRA Police Records

    Investigative and disciplinary records pertaining to police officers

    […] do not specify the exact information you requested from the police department, it appears from your email that you are already aware that the Act contains an exemption for records of investigations conducted by state or local police agencies, as well as documents in a policy agency's investigatory files.(Cal. Government Code section 6254(f)).In addition, […]

    June 14, 2009