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    CPRA Police Records

    Are police informant contracts subject to the PRA?

    […] task force and their use of confidential informants. I know the task force has their informants sign contracts - I want to file a public records request for full disclosure of said contracts. I know they will likely deny this, but is there any way to fight the denial and get the contract with any/all […]

    April 27, 2016

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    CPRA Police Records

    Is footage taken by an officer wearing a body-camera a public document?

    […] opinion available at: http://ift.tt/1i7JuU9 The Court held communications stored solely on private accounts are outside the reach of public records requests under the CPRA.   It is becoming increasingly common for public officials to conduct public business using private accounts.  While members of the public may seek disclosure of officials’ voicemails, text messages, and emails stored on public […]

    June 12, 2014

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    CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

    Accessing reports on police officer involved shooting

    For the last few weeks, I've been investigating an officer-involved shooting:  Needless to say, there are ton of issues involved here, but I keep running into walls finding documents because of the Peace Officer's Bill of Rights here in Calif.  I wondered if you could give me a call for a few minutes […]

    April 16, 2013

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    CPRA

    California Board of Equalization public access rules

    […] exemption that applies to records maintained by the Board of Equalization. Depending on the type of record that you seek, there may be some exemption that applies. For example, the attorney general has opined that "The State Board of Equalization is not required to disclose other than to an assessee information consisting of appraisal […]

    January 7, 2011

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    First Amendment

    Can businesses ban Google Glass?

    […] why a business could not prohibit its customers from wearing Google Glass on their premises, except that it probably could not do so where the device is required for a disability. Otherwise, it would seem that under the First Amendment, such a prohibition by a private entity would pass muster. That is because First Amendment […]

    August 15, 2014

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    CPRA

    Are worker’s comp claims public documents?

    California's Labor Code provides that "[e]xcept as expressly permitted [elsewhere in the statute], a person or public or private entity not a party to a claim for workers' compensation benefits may not obtain individually identifiable information obtained or maintained by the division on that claim. For purposes of this section, 'individually identifiable information' means […]

    July 27, 2011

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    Brown Act

    How do we enforce the Brown Act?

    […] members of a board having lunch together could be a "meeting" if they were hearing, discussing or deliberating upon matters within the board's jurisdiction, as opposed to, for example, merely having a social lunch in which no agency matters were discussed. The Brown Act may be enforced in two ways. One, as you noted, […]

    December 22, 2011

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    CPRA

    Am I allowed to make my own copies instead of paying the agency fees?

    With respect to copies, the Public Records Act, at Govt. Code section 6253(b), provides as follows: "[E]ach state or local agency, upon request for a copy of records. . . shall make the records promptly available to any person upon a payment of fees covering direct costs of duplication, or a statutory fee if […]

    September 14, 2011

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    CPRA

    Is gender of foster care staff public information?

    We are investigating sexual abuse in a foster care shelter. We requested the gender for two staff members because they have ambiguous names. The county asserted that Section 6254(c), the personnel records exceptions applies. Staffing decisions at the facility are made based on gender (male staff members are not supposed to oversee female resident's baths), […]

    August 13, 2014