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    Ballot measure to subdivide CA assumes smaller government is closer to voters. But it’s also closer to special interests.

    […] unsustainable, yet pensions for federal government employees are not. This is why public school teachers, local banks, ultility companies and police are able to dictate their legislative agendas in city halls and state capitols, but have far, far less clout at the federal level. Not that the federal government--Congress, the bureaucracies and the White […]

    February 26, 2014

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    CPRA Newsgathering

    Foundation that gives millions to county agency claims CPRA doesn’t apply to them

    I am investigating a foster care shelter in California. When a child is removed from an abusive home, the child is taken to this shelter to wait for a foster home. The shelter is run by the county. However, it receives major funding from a foundation. The foundation and the shelter have the same […]

    October 16, 2013

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    CPRA

    Fee for email copies same as paper copies?

    As for your first question, California’s Public Records Act provides that state and local agencies must provide copies of public records that are not exempt from disclosure "upon payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if applicable." Govt. Code § 6253(b). A charge of 10 cents per page is […]

    March 18, 2010

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    First Amendment

    Union attorney didn’t defend my free speech rights

    […] not very optimistic about the results of the hearing. The results are to come in about 45 days. What happened is this, I put my application in for a move up to the varsity coaching job while serving as the junior varsity coach.  I soon discovered that the former coach who had retired from […]

    August 2, 2011

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    CPRA

    Charged a fee for viewing documents? Is that legal?

    […] record, except as hereafter provided. Gov't Code § 6253(a).Public agencies may charge a fee "covering direct costs of duplication" (or a statutory fee).Gov't Code § 6253(b). As for charging the public for the right to merely inspect records, the agency may be on shaky ground.By its own terms, the PRA does not seem to […]

    May 4, 2011

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    CPRA

    What rules must agencies follow when redacting public documents?

    […] May the public demand access to records and use their own equipment to reproduce or image (e.g. camera, scanner) the records? May an agency charge a fee for access to records if no copy/reproduction is requested yet the agency must or chooses to redact some information from the responsive record(s)? If the public must […]

    March 21, 2012

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    CPRA

    CPS (Child Protection Services) records

    I would like to gather the records from CPS (Child Protection Services). They said they can only get them from a court order. As I just want them for my records, where can I find links to get these copies, and/or how do I use 'Freedom of Information Act' to get these?

    June 14, 2009

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    Court Records

    Unsealing exhibits cited in a judicial ruling

    […] punitive damages were filed under an earlier order that sealed exhibits unless parties objected to disclosure within ten days after filing.  The motion has been on file for months, and no objection is on the record.  A judge issued a written ruling allowing punitives and citing all the exhibits, and quoting several of them.  […]

    June 14, 2009