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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA First Amendment

    The CPRA and court records

    […] seek to access).Nevertheless, you could request the transcript of the California Supreme Court proceedings on the grounds that they are court records that must be made available for inspection and copying by the public under the First Amendment and California law.Your submission does not state whether the proceedings were criminal or civil in nature. […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal Records and the CPRA

    In interviewing individual applicants to provide childcare for my 2 toddlers, it is of utmost importance that I verify whether or not they (and/or the location of the premises used for such services) has been involved with any law enforcement issues (ie: is there any criminal history? Has law enforcement ever been called out […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can An Agency Charge Fees for Inspecting Public Records?

    […] inspect emails or get copies of emails based on Government Code section 6253.9(b)?  Are they allowed to use rule of cost to construct a record, and the cost of programming and computer services necessary to produce a copy of the record, for the charging of emails either to inspect them or get copies of them?

    February 26, 2018

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    CPRA Newsgathering School Records

    State university won’t disclose student cafeteria workers’ pay

    […] is open only to enrolled students is protected and not disclosable as part of the student's educational record. We can provide you with the rate of pay for a particular position but not for a specific person or the payroll over a specific period of time. Given your request, I am seeking this rate […]

    June 14, 2014

  • Latest News

    IRS censorship of nonprofits must give way to the First Amendment

    […] am supposed to keep such thoughts to myself. The freedom to engage in public debate during the run-up to an election---criticizing one candidate, supporting an opponent---is taken for granted in America and rightly considered a birthright of citizenship. But this freedom does not exist for organizations, like FAC, that are exempt from tax under […]

    July 28, 2016

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    CPRA

    What’s the law regarding destruction of public records?

    […] body or of a city board or commission. This section shall not be construed as limiting or qualifying in any manner the authority provided in Section 34090.5 for the destruction of records, documents, instruments, books and papers in accordance with the procedure therein prescribed.  Gov't Code Section 34090. Effective January 2010, however, "the legislative […]

    July 20, 2010

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    Accessing A Prison Visit Audio Transcript in Maine

    I am helping a former inmate in Maine write a documentary on his case and we are trying to access a recording or a transcript of two conversations: the first took place at the prison and the second was a phone call that was made by the inmate from prison. We attempted to access […]

    March 6, 2020

  • Latest News

    Blog Cases

    Successful outcome in FAC suit pulls back curtain on “deliberative process” 

    […] Judge Paul Haakenson sided with FAC and Schnapf. The court held that each document had to be considered on its own and that there was no blanket exemption for supervisors' notes or preliminary drafts.   "'The deliberative process privilege does not justify nondisclosure of a document merely because it was the product of an […]

    August 23, 2015

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    CPRA

    What penalties have local governments faced for violating the CPRA?

    I'm developing program to teach our office staff how to handle PRAs, and am looking for some examples of local governments, preferably in California, that have been penalized for not abiding by the terms of the law.  Is a lawsuit the only way to remedy it?  Can you share any examples?

    September 16, 2015