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CPRA

Agency claims my CPRA requests via email are “not public records act request”

In response to an emailed request for public records, the local agency responded that my "series of emails were not a public records act request." In turn, they withheld the requested information. Of course, it could be that I've been not asking for the right thing in the appropriate way? I've been requesting information […]

March 30, 2012
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First Amendment

If I painted a message on a building I own, can I be charged for creating illegal graffiti?

[…] property, I created political speech by spray painting messages on the side of my building. Even though, I own the building and the City officials know I own it, the city of Baltimore has issued me a housing code violation for graffiti. The artwork has been covered by the news as political speech as well.

October 12, 2015
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CPRA

Accessing public records on mental health workers

[…] secrecy by lowering those individuals' expectation privacy? The best answer I can give you is "maybe." Because this inquiry is fact-specific, the balance may well be different for each county for which you seek the records, and depend on the specific statements the county has made, or the promises of confidentiality given the employees. […]

June 11, 2013
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CPRA

My PRA request denied, but Buzzfeed published documents on similar case

In 2014, I was working as a pharmacist for a temp agency that sent me to a District Hospital for three months. This hospital had many issues, and I tried to fix some of them. After I left, a CBOP inspector (a specially trained pharmacist) investigated the hospital pharmacy. In December of 2015, I received a letter from […]

September 2, 2016
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CPRA School Records

Globe trotting university official keeps tabs on dog sends bill to tax payers

[…] and the dean often calls the kennel from international locales on UC’s dime. I got the phone bills but UC redacted all the phone numbers citing California Government Code §6254(c); Cal. Civil Code §1798.42. I am looking for some guidance as to how to draft a response arguing that these phone numbers should be public.

March 20, 2012
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CPRA Newsgathering

Dental Board of California & the CPRA

I'm a reporter working on a project about complications linked to sedation dentistry. The Dental Board of California refused my CPRA request for reports of dental complications pursuant to the Business and Professions Code 1680(z)(1-3). The Board maintains that these records are exempt under Government Code Section 6254(f). The Board contends that these reports […]

April 19, 2016
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CPRA

When Does Copyright Apply to Public Records?

[…] site based in San Francisco. And I have a question regarding copyright protections and public records in California. We wrote a story regarding a local VIP's plans for a new home. The municipality allowed us to view the architectural renderings of the home in the city offices. But they said we could not make […]

May 23, 2018
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Newsgathering

Can I use audio clips of solicitors refusing to be interviewed?

I'm a journalist at a radio station doing a story about people who are soliciting money pledges for various causes on the local university campus, outdoors, in public. I approached them with a recorder, identified myself as a radio reporter and started asking them questions. Their response was, "I don't want to answer any questions!" Is it legal to include […]

May 12, 2014
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CPRA

Is all information about public employment tests exempt?

I would like to examine copies of two recent examinations that I have taken for jobs at BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). I request my score, value for each question, who wrote the exam, who was the subject matter expert, and who graded the exam. I think the California Public Record Act states that […]

July 29, 2011
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First Amendment

Can a retail store deny you the right to petition their customers?

[…] and Target does arrest me, what happens next? What is involved in a citizen's arrest? Is it the same as a regular arrest? (ie. do I have to be bailed out, etc.?) Do I have an open-and-shut case with them or will this be a long court procedure? Thank you for your help concerning this.

April 27, 2010