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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Third-Party Settlements

    […] included a requirement that the companies submit to the city a complete inventory of all their off-site advertising signs, including location and permit status.  A public request for this information has been denied, citing the following section of the settlement: "Nothing herein shall prevent the City from providing to the public the name of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    The California Department of Health Services, Ongoing Investigations, and Public Records

    […] from the public.  (As you also noted, though, the fact that a document contains information tangentially related to an individual's medical condition does not automatically qualify it for exemption under the PRA, particularly where you have already offered to accept versions of documents with personal information redacted.) Moreover, it sounds like the department is […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Suspension and Expulsion Records

    Can I request the suspension and expulsion records for a school district  for, say the previous three years? I do not wish to obtain any personal information ("directory information") on the student, but rather to compare suspension and expulsion records between students.

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Subpoenaed for a trial

    I have been civil-subpoenaed to appear as a witness in a trial. I do not wish to be involved in the matter. Can I decline to testify? If I can, how do I go about doing it? Can you point me to the forms, etc., that would be required to do so?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    SEC Records

    […] review the SEC's operating procedures relating to FOIA, which can be found at the following link: http://www.sec.gov/foia.shtml The FOIA requires federal agencies to respond to a request for information within 20 days; however, federal agencies routinely ignore that deadline.  As a practical matter, you will likely need to follow up on your request on […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Records of complaint relating to investigations of public employees/officials

    One of my employees filed a sexual harassment complaint with the LA DWP against me and several of my coworkers. I asked for a copy of the complaint.  I was told that DWP does not like to give the complaint before the investigation. The investigation found no basis for the claim. Now, when I […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to government officials’ email on personal account

    […] Laboratory.Although the city produced certain e-mails, it did not produce e-mails between a city councilwoman from her personal e-mail account and the lab. After the newspaper sued for the release of the e-mails, the trial court decided that the councilwoman was not a "local agency" subject to the PRA and that the writings of […]

    June 8, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I be charged fees for downloading court records posted online?

    Riverside Superior Court changes fees to search and acquire court records through its website. This wasn't always the case. Several years ago this service was provided for free, and that seems to still be the case in other counties. For the past three budget years, these fees have meant additional annual revenue for the […]

    February 4, 2014

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I go to small claims to appeal a denial of my CPRA request?

    I understand from your website that there is no administrative appeal process for someone whose request for records was denied under CPRA, and that litigation is the only recourse. Given that, could I feasibly go to small claims for relief in equity to appeal the denial and get my records? Just to clarify, does that […]

    August 13, 2013