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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Releasing settlement information on a public employee’s termination

    […] demotion was ordered as a result of "incidents" but the county did not release any information about the nature of the incidents. As an aside, I know for a fact that the employee was the subject of an internal investigation in her department and a source close to the department told me the investigation […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Records of Traffic Citations

    […] agency is supposed to release certain information about incidents and arrests.  Section 6254(f) requires agencies to provide: "the time, substance, and location of all complaints or requests for assistance received by the agency and the time and nature of the response thereto, including, to the extent the information regarding crimes alleged or committed or […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Newsgathering

    Publishing a photo showing license plate numbers

    While walking across a parking lot at an elementary school site, I noticed a car that had been parked in the same place for several minutes. There were two 8 x 11 inched sized "political messages" affixed to the back bumper of the car: 1 on each side of, and close to, the license […]

    June 6, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can’t flush out City’s drainage report

    We are in a dispute with developer regarding a drainage diversion across ourproperty. Many months ago we asked the City for help and they  hiredanoutside engineer and geologist to conduct an investigation. After about three months, the engineer has been paid for several tasks relating to this, but the City has provided no information […]

    May 4, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Accessing a school district’s settlement agreements

    […] subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. Although it should generally be possible to draft a settlement agreement without including material so sensitive that it qualifies for an exemption from disclosure under the PRA, it is conceivable that a settlement agreement might contain material legitimately exempt from disclosure under state or federal law. […]

    January 20, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Denied access to file detailing code violations

    The city department of Code Enforcement wants to fine me $2500 per day up to $100,000 for code violations at my resident. When I made a public record request to see the evidence that the City’s has gathered on my property, it was denied stating that the case is still open and considered an […]

    December 26, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Animal shelter won’t disclose contact info on local cat trapper

    I’m sorry to hear that the County refuses to provide contact information for the cat trapper you seek.  If that information is a public record (i.e., used by the County) I cannot see what exception it would fall under. Under California’s Public Records Act, public records —which include "any writing containing information relating to the […]

    June 15, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Is it legal to charge fees for viewing a transcript?

    […] 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 […]

    October 21, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Is there a law about distributing fliers near a courthouse?

    […] are permissible under the First Amendment turns on whether they represent reasonable time, place and manner restrictions. Spaces such as sidewalks and parks have traditionally been used for conduct protected by the First Amendment, and are considered "public forums," and therefore conduct in these forums is protected by the First Amendment and can only […]

    August 27, 2010