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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

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    CPRA

    The CPRA…

    […] cited any applicable PRA exemption or other authority to justify the denial of the records you seek.  If not, you may want to submit a second request for those records and you might also want to remind the agency of its legal obligation to justify a denial of a records request.  A sample PRA […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    The CPRA, Email Communication, Right to Privacy and Records Regarding One’s Self

    I made a California Public Records Act request to a public school district in California for: "All Email communication regarding myself and my child." I received partial records which are not nearly complete. I am concerned about adherence to legal safeguards prohibiting school districts or any public entity from "sanitizing" requested records. Thus far, I […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    School administrators and the CPRA

    […] at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency and every person has a right to inspect any public record," except as provided for under the PRA or other law.  Govt. Code Section 6253(a).  Documents created by a public high school principal in the course of his or her employment […]

    June 14, 2009