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Brown Act

City Council Action in Secret

Our city’s fire chief is on medical leave. I heard the city council approved a search for an interim fire chief several weeks ago, but it was not disclosed to our paper. Is it legal for the city council to approve a search without notifying the public?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Blanket Denial of CPRA Requests from Law Enforcement Agency

[…] the record requests that were denied, you may want to consider writing a follow up letter to the agency asking why the records were denied and which exemptions to the CPRA, if any, it invoked to prevent disclosure of those documents. Gov’t Code § 6253(c). You may also wish to remind the agency that […]

May 16, 2018
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CPRA

Double standard on publishing names of document requesters

We have a unique situation here. A Community Services District has established a policy of publishing the requesters name and what records they are asking for in both the minutes and agenda. This is done to bring public attention on who is requesting records. These individuals are now being harassed for making these requests. […]

January 4, 2011
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Why the doom-and-gloom about the settlement in the Wen Ho Lee case? Under the circumstances, this deal is a victory for the press

[…] in a settlement of an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by Wen Ho Lee, an atomic scientist once suspected of espionage. Lee had sued the federal government for its leaking of damaging information about him to the press, which, in a flurry of articles in 1998, had rushed to the apparently premature judgment of […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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FAC joins environmental access suit against Marin County
- Public Records
March 16, 2015
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2007 Open Government Legislative Roundup: Some successes and some failures

[…] state Supreme Court decision in Copley Press v. Superior Court, which effectively sealed all police disciplinary records. The major success was legislation creating more oversight and accountability for the UC Regents’ and CSU Trustees’ executive pay committees. Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Senator Gloria Romero (D-Santa Monica) introduced AB 1393 and SB 1019, […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 3, 2009
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Short Takes: government email, historical police records, fee awards against requesters

BY PETER SCHEER--Despite the dysfunction in Washington, Congress occasionally surprises with a modest piece of legislation that points the way for California and many other states. So it is with a 2014 Federal Records Act amendment which addresses this question: Suppose a federal employee, using his own personal text or email account, sends a […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
January 21, 2015
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CPRA Police Records

Police refuse to release names of individuals who bought stolen laptop

[…] and addresses of persons involved in, or witnesses to, the incident, the description of property involved, the date, time and location of the incident, etc. Id. The exemption goes on to state, however, that disclosure is not required if it would "endanger the safety of a witness or other person involved in the investigation," […]

December 12, 2014
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CPRA

City Clerk’s obligation to the CPRA

[…] available.If you have been denied access to public records, your remedy is to file a lawsuit in which you could seek a court order compelling disclosure of the records.Depending on the reasons why the documents are being withheld, you may have a valid lawsuit.However, there are a number of exemptions under the Public Records Act.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Length of time agencies must hold on the public records

Are there legal guidelines for the length of time Board meeting documents and recordings must be kept?

June 14, 2009