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    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

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    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

  • Asked and Answered

    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

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    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 (It was reported that the official’s visa was revoked by the State Department.)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

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Employee Information and the CPRA

    […] has so far removed the information, reposted it and removed it again.  They state that it is public information which anyone can obtain.  I understand the need for public knowledge but I would think knowing a state agency's classifications and associated salary ranges is much different than posting an individual's exact income.  They are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Police Records

    DUI Incidences and Media Reporting

    […] DUI arrest records was knowingly part of a "character assassination" scheme if the known dissemination of the DUI records would result in civil and or criminal liability for the individual and or a media outlet who released the records. Thanks, I am doing personal research and would appreciate any and all information that you […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Drafts and Public Record

    My city is reviewing and commenting on a Draft EIR for a large project they are undertaking. They have been getting drafts and commenting on it and then returning the comments to the consultant who presumably is editing the EIR in response to the comments. Are the Drafts of the EIR public records that […]

    June 14, 2009