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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Sheriff’s office denies access to 2004 arrest documents saying too much time has elapsed

    […] by. . . or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency. . . ."There is no temporal limitation on this exemption: it applies equally to ongoing and closed investigations. Williams v. Superior Court, 5 Cal. 4th 337 (1993). The information required to be extracted from such records […]

    October 4, 2011

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    Court Records

    Accessing your child’s juvenile records

    […] may be inspected only be court personnel, the district attorney, the MINOR who is the subject of the proceeding, HIS OR HER PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, the attorneys for the parties ... and such other persons as may be designated by court order of the judge of the juvenile court upon filing of a petition […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Cases Press Release

    Court Rules Santa Clara County Must Disclose Parcel Map Database to California First Amendment Coalition

    […] California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) Santa Clara County must make public--at minimal cost and without restrictions on use--its digital "basemap" showing parcel boundaries, the assessor’s parcel number for each parcel, parcel address, and other similar data for all properties in the county, a court has ruled. In a lawsuit filed by CFAC, the Superior […]

    June 2, 2009

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    CPRA

    Enforcement of the Public Records Act

    […] accused of violating it, and they told me that a private attorney was my only recourse.  If this is the case, then the Act is relatively meaningless for people who do not have funds to pay a lawyer to pursue their case.  Without an enforcement provision, what is the use of the law other […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    City says it can’t fulfill CPRA request for a month

    I filed a CPRA request with the city for information on a story that I'm reporting on my blog. I noticed when reviewing commercial warrants that payments were made (nearly $400,000) to a private management company. The town has been giving the public regular financial reports concerning a private country club they purchased, but […]

    May 10, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Closed Sessions and Permissible Topics

    […] whether there were public records generated for, or as a result of, the closed sessions. This would give me the opportunity to ask them to justify any exemption and allow me to request a waiver of the exemption. The city now claims that even if there were closed sessions, the documents from such are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Can I access history of code violations using the CPRA?

    […] is normally the case. This is a mentally ill individual who has many restraining orders against him by County staff…yet they saw no reason to withhold my name from him! I want access to everything related, emails and paper files to help protect myself. I assume this is CPRA request. Any detailed advice is appreciated.

    June 4, 2013