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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act FOIA

    Are the Board of Directors of our Apartment Complex subject to the Brown Act?

    […] § 6253.  You might also want to remind the district that if the written request is denied, it is obligated to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek, Gov't code § 6255, and that if you are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Does a councilmember use of personal email address mean all messages are exempt?

    […] Although the city produced certain e-mails, it did not produce e-mails between a city councilwoman from her personal e-mail account and the lab. After the newspaper sued for the release of the e-mails, the trial court decided that the councilwoman was not a "local agency" subject to the PRA and that the writings of […]

    November 22, 2011

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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

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    Reader Response

    […] to obtain those people's confidential records. Those two behaviors are not analogous. There is a bright line between "generic misrepresentation" and specifically pretending to be someone else for the purpose of obtaining that person's confidential records. For starters, phone, financial, medical and video-store records are specifically protected under federal law. But beyond that, reporters […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I Obtain A Copy of A Zoning Complaint Filed Against Me?

    […] a written request to the agency from which you are seeking records, as this will compel a written response.Written CPRA requests are fairly straightforward but typically ask for categories of records that include, but are not limited to, correspondence, emails, notes, memorandums, electronic records, etc. After the request is received, the agency will have […]

    August 11, 2020

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    CPRA

    Access to Coroner’s Files

    I sent the following request to the LA County Coroner's office, asking for information. Their refusal to cooperate is reproduced after my original letter. Am I entitled to any of the information I requested?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Cities’ rights and the CPRA

    […] to with hold this information? Second, I read the code as saying that every entity must have a posting of the law someplace AND a "person" responsible for handling request.  Am I correct in this or do state agencies have different rules that city’s.  I am hoping to get by the "dumb bunny" stage […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Cases Press Release

    Los Angeles Settles Suit Filed By FAC, Agrees to Retain City Records For At Least Two Years

    The city of Los Angeles has agreed it must retain city records for at least two years as part of a settlement agreement reached today with the First Amendment Coalition--a victory for transparency and government accountability in the nation’s second-largest city, and an assurance that the public will have the access to city records […]

    September 20, 2017

  • Latest News

    If the federal FOIA shared the limitations of California’s public records law, large parts of American history would be blank.

    […] of the federal FOIA, these vital historical records were subject to California’s bastard version of that law, the California Public Records Act, with all the special interest exemptions and loopholes that, over the years, have been engrafted thereon. If that were the case, none of these records ever would have seen the light of […]

    October 14, 2014