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  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Changing search warrant policy

    […] search warrant policy where the affiants or other law enforcement officer who is filing the search warrant redacts information from the warrant in order to reduce the work of the exhausted and overworked court clerks. Items redacted include vehicles searched, addresses searched, and persons being searched.  The clerk’s office has the redacted files for viewing.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    DMV License Plate Records

    […] back as non-existent.  A DMV telephone help line operator told me the plate number was not in the DMV system.  I submitted a broad CPRA request asking for all paper and electronic records for the license plate number as well as a photo of the vehicle showing the plates. DMV replied to my CPRA […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    Court Records

    Accessing adoption records

    […] report to the court from any investigating agency, or power of attorney or deposition or any portion of any of these documents, except in exceptional circumstances and for good cause approaching the necessitous. The petitioner may be required to pay the expenses for preparing the copies of the documents to be inspected. (b) Upon […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Secret Ballots

    Is it legal for a school board to fill a vacancy on the board with a secret vote? Is this addressed in the Brown Act and if so, where?

    June 14, 2009

  • Latest News

    Newspaper finance crisis: Nonprofit model no panacea but may be part of the answer

    […] authorizes newspapers to operate as nonprofits but clarifies that the ban on political endorsements would apply to such restructured news media. Still, if Congress can make an exemption for Major League Baseball to the anti-trust laws, it could exempt nonprofit news agencies from the prohibitions on endorsing political candidates. Whether as nonprofits or for-profits, […]

    June 3, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Despite New Laws, My Request for Police Body Camera Footage Has Been Repeatedly Denied

    In light of SB 1421 and AB 748, I submitted a request to the city and the police department for the body camera footage and internal affairs investigation report of an incident that happened at my home involving the discharge of a firearm at a person (me) by a peace officer and the use […]

    February 8, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Public comments on water rates closed, item still on agenda

    […] Council Agenda contains the following item: "DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS. Introduce and Waive the First Reading of One of the Three Ordinances Relating to Establishing Rates for Water Service Fees." Here is the problem. We are not being allowed to comment about this item at all, even though it has been on multiple […]

    November 25, 2009