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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Request for documents on Tax Lien Sale denied. Why?

    […] I am unaware of one does not mean it has not been created. If they reject your formal written request, their response will need to identify the exemption or other justification for their denial.Once armed with that information, it will be possible to better assess the legitimacy of their claim. Finally, the Public Records […]

    October 6, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    911 transcripts

    […] possible the agency that maintains the transcript or tape may try to claim that it is protected from disclosure by Government Code section 6254(f), which contains an exemption for records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, a state or local police agency.  However, the application of this exemption to your situation is very […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    City Clerk requires Ad Hoc reports to be in announcements

    […] agenda items to the announcements portion of the meeting? They are not listed on the agenda unless the ad hoc specifies the exact language of the action/recommendation for our city council. Then it gets more complicated because an agency of the city can be listed on the agenda but a standing committee from one […]

    October 6, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Are CPRA requests public?

    Are Public Records Act requests themselves exempt from the Public Records Act? Specifically, are PRA logs or other materials used to document PRA requests exempt or available for public review?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Inspect vs. Request, and Proposals as Public Records

    I'd like to know if proposals made to cities in response to a request for proposals are public records. Also, I've heard that there is no 10-day waiting period if someone simply asks to inspect a record, and does not ask for copies in a PRA. Is that true?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Latest News

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police Firing Records

    I am looking into the reason for the firing of two officers from our local police department. The city confirmed that two officers had been fired during their probationary period but said it is against their policy to release the officers' names. Can they legally withhold this information? They also declined to discuss the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • 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