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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Records Request Response Included No Responsive Records

    If the District is claiming that the records you seek are exempt from disclosure, under the California Public Records Act (PRA), it is required to state those exemptions in its response.Gov’t Code § 6253(c). Further, public agencies like the District are required to assist members of the public to make focused and effective requests […]

    November 2, 2018

  • Latest News

    Blog

    The Bryan Carmody Story In-Depth

    […] journalist Bryan Carmody, equipped with a sledgehammer and pickax that they used to try to batter down his front gate. Guns drawn, officers placed Carmody in handcuffs for hours while they raided his home and office, seizing a trove of electronic devices and other materials. The raid, part of an investigation into the leak […]

    September 3, 2019

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    SF Unified School District Records

    Can you please direct me to the correct California Public Records Act form I need to use to obtain records from the San Francisco Unified School District? Do I also need to submit a US FOIA request as well or is a CPRA request sufficient? Are there applicable administrative remedies that need to be […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Duplication costs and “search fees”

    I recently filed a request with a number of local health departments in California for copies of the last two routine health inspection reports for certain restaurants in their respective jurisdictions.Several of these jurisdictions have sent me invoices which include "search" fees.For example, I filed a request with a Health Dept, and they sent […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Personnel Privacy and Public Access to Incident Reports

    […] its own Sheriffs Department, the incident was not reported to the District Attorney and the driver of the bus is being protected by the County Transportation Agency as of today. How can I get a report of bus drivers for the Agency for the day, time period, and route area in which I was hit?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How to access Health & Safety building layout plans

    I need copies of site plans and store layout plans for evidence in a Planning Commission Appeal. I am aware of Health & Safety Code Section 19851 requiring permission from an architect. However, how does the Records Act affect 19851. Is my assumption that the City needs to disclose emails on specific subjects correct?

    August 17, 2011

  • Latest News

    Press Release

    FAC Prompts Disclosure of California Governor Jerry Brown’s Social Media ‘Block Lists’

    […] Brown showing that he blocked more than 1,500 individual accounts on his Twitter and Facebook accounts--a practice that excluded those people from participating in a vital forum for political discussion and debate surrounding the state’s highest elected official. In releasing the documents to FAC, the Governor’s office said Brown does not "currently block or […]

    September 27, 2017

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment School Records

    First Amendment rights on college campuses

    […] so and request a detailed explanation.  This will give you the information necessary to make your case as to why they may be wrong about any claimed exemption. You can find more information about how to submit a Public Records Act request, including a sample letter, at this link on the FAC website. Bryan Cave […]

    March 21, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Board Conducting Public’s Business Via Private Emails

    […] from at least six personal private computers.Such email has not been made part of the public record.Under CPRA I have requested copies of all emails between Boardmembers for the past two years.I do not expect to receive them, for a multitude of excuses. But, going forward, what is the process by which a Board […]

    June 24, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Records of Traffic Citations

    […] has been denied, within 10 days.  (Gov't Code § 6253).  If the written request is denied, the agency 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).  It is not immediately apparent […]

    June 14, 2009