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    CPRA

    Non-Response to Requests

    […] California Department of Corrections trying to obtain information related to my position there.  It was an information act using the form letter making a state (not federal) request.  The request was sent by certified mail and they did not respond.  What should I do now?  Thank you in advance for your attention to my concerns.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Naturalization records

    […] applicable PRA exemption or other authority to justify the denial of the actual naturalization certificates.  If they have not, you may want to submit a second request for those records and clarify to them that you would like to see (or get copies of) the actual certificates.  It may be that those records do […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Medi-Cal, Provider Rates, Confidentiality

    Although I am not familiar with the type of Medi-Cal fiscal intermediary you reference below, the first step is to determine if it is a local agency for the purposes of the Public Records Act.  The term "local agency" is defined at Government Code section 6252 and includes such entities as cities, counties, school […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    List of applicants for a public entity’s general manager

    No court has yet addressed the issue of what kind of information about government job applicants is public. You could make a request for the information you seek pursuant to the California Public Records Act, with the caveat that you may face objections such as the ones outlined below. The government agency might raise […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Labor Commission Records

    Under the California Public Records Act (PRA), Government Code section 6250 et seq., records maintained by public agencies are presumptively available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies.  In this case, that exemption that likely applies is found in section 6254(f), which exempts "records of investigations" as well as […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA FOIA

    Hospital Records

    […] defined by the PRA.  Accordingly, you would need to determine whether the hospital from which you would be seeking the records is a state or local agency for the purpose of the PRA. The terms "state agency" and "local agency" are defined at Government Code section 6252.  Thee full text of the PRA can […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Former State Employees and the CPRA

    I have a question regarding physical access to a public building. I am a former employee for the Housing Authority of my City, I recently went back to the Central Office building in which I worked to visit some personnel still working there. This building is open to the public and has public access […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Foreign Officials, Detention, Privacy, and the Freedom of Information Act

    A former Philippine official, who is wanted in the Philippines for corruption charges, is detained at an immigration holding center in California -- reportedly for violation of immigration law. (It was reported that the official’s visa was revoked by the State Department.) The Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the State Department have refused to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Enforcement of the CPRA

    […] accused of violating it, and they told me that a private attorney was my only recourse.  If this is the case, then the Act is relatively meaningless for people who do not have funds to pay a lawyer to pursue their case.  Without an enforcement provision, what is the use of the law other […]

    June 14, 2009