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  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Inaccurate agenda information at County Board meeting

    Is it a Brown Act violation to intentionally provide false information on the agenda, agenda description, or supporting documents provided with the agenda for a County Board meeting?

    April 15, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How does the CPRA deal with emails between elected officials

    […] one district official to officials in other districts, that concern the public's business, and that are retained in electronic or paper form, must be disclosed (unless some exemption applies). If the elected official here was using his personal computer to send emails on his government-issued email account, it probably would not matter on which […]

    August 21, 2010

  • 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

  • Posts

    FAC Joins Coalition Urging SF Mayor to Restore Rights Under Sunshine Ordinance

    […] to receive documents and information exchanged during contract negotiations, nor the right to a response to a Public Records Act request unimpeded by the often abused 'catch-all' exemption from disclosure found in Government Code section 6255, to combat this public health emergency. In fact, the Sunshine Ordinance section expressly forbids 'assert(ing) an exemption for […]

    April 20, 2020

  • Latest News

    Blog

    Tracy case tests the power of government officials to avoid disclosure of their emails on public business

    […] accepted by the courts, would convert California’s Public Records Act into its opposite, an Official Secrecy Act. Elected officials and public employees would use official email accounts for proclamations, resolutions, press releases and other official drivel intended for public consumption, while switching to their personal yahoo accounts, insulated from public attention, for everything else--which […]

    June 2, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act CPRA

    Planning Commissions, Confidential Complaints, and the CPRA

    At a Planning Commission in our city an applicant applied for a variance regarding the height of a fence as a result of a complaint. Prior to the hearing a Planning Commissioner revealed that she was the complainant and was stepping down from the hearing. Another Planning Commissioner evidently found out who had made […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Cases

    FCI Dublin Motion to Unseal

    […] lawsuit to ensure that the public can inspect the court documents and attend future hearings. Public Justice and the ACLU filed the motion in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on their behalf. Press Release: Advocates, Press Seek Access to Court Records in FCI Dublin Sexual Abuse Lawsuit (6/12/2024) Legal Documents: […]

    June 12, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Special Meetings and Means of Notice

    Three members of a five member board have called for a special meeting, where the selection process of the General Manager of the district was going to be discussed. The president refused to call the meeting, and or to participate in a conference call. The meeting was not called because the General Manager (that […]

    June 14, 2009