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    Brown Act

    Could this act of intimidation be a Brown Act violation?

    I attended the board meeting of the Waterworks District. During the meeting an agenda item came up for two job descriptions relating to the person who currently holds those positions. There were comments made by an ex-board member and another member of the public concerning this problem. One board member in particular had a very abrasive response to these comments. […]

    June 10, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA School Records

    School District agenda packets

    I have submitted a phone request to my local School District for copies of the Board Packet.  I was refused, stating that "it was not their policy."  I then sent a Certified Letter citing legal references and demanding the documents.  They are still delaying and refusing.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Police and Fire Department Records

    […] it may concern.  I am seeking assistance in obtaining a couple of reports from our City and the fire department.  I had already walked in my request for public information and still have not received any written response.  Today I visited in person the fire department and asked what the status of the info […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can An Agency Extend Response to a CPRA Request Up to Eight Weeks Due to Covid?

    I received a response to a CPRA request notifying me that I would likely not receive a response for eight weeks. Is this extended window consistent with the PRA? If it is not, what remedies are available to me? [This questions was submitted in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic.)

    April 21, 2022

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Suit Against San Diego DA Forces Disclosure of Employee Misconduct Records

    […] important principle under the California Public Records Act — that public agencies must produce actual records in their files. The district attorney insisted that it was sufficient for the agency to release tailored summaries of records, while withholding the records themselves. "From inception, this lawsuit was as much about a legal principle as the […]

    October 21, 2019

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Water Usage Records

    I want to find out which residential customers (or which addresses, if names do not get released) have the highest water bills in Los Angeles. Is this information public record? And if so, will the Department of Water and Power sort through their files to provide me with their top ten users?

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    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 […]

    January 21, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    When government outsources program are documents public?

    I have asked the city for a particular statistical report about their red light camera system. They have refused to provide the records, and have ignored my offer to pay (per GC 6253.9(b)). The requested report is one which a city can obtain by going to the website of their red light camera vendor, […]

    October 10, 2011

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    CPRA School Records

    Public Records Act Request Denied Due to Inability to Redact “Deliberative Material”

    In response to public comment that I made before the school board, the school district's Charter School Division sent an email to a charter school asking for data so that they could report back to the Board.  I sent a Public Records Act request to the District asking for a copy of the report […]

    February 20, 2018