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CPRA

Public Officials’ Personal Email

[…] city council member's use of his/her personal email account to discuss city business make that account subject to Public Records Act Requests? If so, is there a threshold between a single or several incidental uses and the systematic use of the personal email for city business that would trigger the account's exposure to such requests?

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Public Filming of TV Show

[…] show in a restaurant and sidewalk in front of the restaurant. I took some pictures from the public sidewalk across the street. None of my pictures were for anything but for my personal use--not commercial in any way. One crew member said just not to use a flash. Then 20 minutes later, another supposed […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Private information in the public record

[…] Public Records Act, my license is a Public Document that the public is entitled to see. They claim they are required to tell the Public their justification for giving me a Probationary License. My stand is that while the status of my license is public; the medical information they published on the Internet is […]

June 14, 2009
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Newsgathering

Potential Eavesdropping, Amplifying Speakerphone

I believe you want to know whether listening to another's conversation amplified through a speakerphone could be the basis for a violation of Penal Code Section 632(a). The answer would depend on the particular facts of the situation, but as you note below, Section 632(a) applies to eavesdropping on or recording a "confidential communication." […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Police Records and Investigation Files

[…] shooting investigation. That makes no sense. The second request was apparently just ignored. It's been 24 days since the request was submitted in writing. Both letters asked for policy and statistical information on department issued tasers, training on their use and statistical information related to them. I believe the department is withholding this information […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Petitioning in front of stores

[…] gather signatures anywhere on mall property at any time. Malls may impose "time, place and manner" regulations that may require an organization to fill out an application for a designated period of time on certain pre-set days, and may restrict petitioning and signature-gathering to certain designated "common areas" in the mall. Among other things, […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Outside City Lawsuit 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

Obtaining the names of notaries public

[…] public registered in various counties in Southern California. To my understanding, this is public information because one can go into the County Clerk's office and verify authenticity for the notary public one's considering using. The most problematic for me has been the Riverside County Clerk, from where a representative stated over the phone they […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Obtaining records without fees?

The Public Records Act (PRA) does not include a specific provision for waiving or reducing fees for copies requested under the Act. California courts have decided, however, that agencies do have the discretion to waive or reduce fees. See North County Parents Organization for Children with Special Needs v. Department of Education, 23 Cal.App.4th […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Obtaining Copies of Video

[…] the videotape you reference. If the Metropolitan Transit System has possession of the video, you may want to submit a request under the Public Records Act ("PRA") for a copy of it. (A sample PRA request letter can be found on the CFAC website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.) Under the PRA, public records […]

June 14, 2009