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    CPRA

    How to access Health & Safety building layout plans

    I need copies of site plans and store layout plans for evidence in a Planning Commission Appeal. I am aware of Health & Safety Code Section 19851 requiring permission from an architect. However, how does the Records Act affect 19851. Is my assumption that the City needs to disclose emails on specific subjects correct?

    August 17, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Council-elect make decisions, but claim documents are not public

    […] celebration) serve on this committee. My questions: is this committee considered private? Am I entitled to the financial records of this committee? I have requested the budget for the event, how much has been raised in donations and the names of the major donors but have been denied. A couple of additional facts: no […]

    October 21, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Engaged couple running for school board a conflict of interest?

    […] local School Board. One is the recent city manager of the city who quit the post and the other is a current councilwoman who is not running for re-election this Nov. Both, though are running for the school board, and the two are engaged. This fact is the reason why the former city manager […]

    July 7, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    What is the Brown Act statute of limitations?

    I was fired a year ago, but I am only now reading that the board violated the Brown Act by not disclosing that my position would be discussed in closed session --- 54957. (2) is the violation. I see from your A &A section that there is only only a 90-day window of opportunity […]

    February 3, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Public Availability and Destruction of Temporary or Handwritten Notes

    The last time I used the Legal Hotline for this matter (a few weeks back), your legal council suggested that I re-submit a new, formal PRA request asking for the "binder notes" from our County Public Works Director. So, I used aversion of the sample letter provided on cfac.org, as suggested, where it reads: […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Little League, Pop Warner, and open meeting laws

    […] of the governing elected body of the local agency (i.e., a city council member).  If either condition applies, the board of even a private corporation must hold noticed public meetings that comply with the Brown Act, per Government Code section 54952(c)(1). The open records law, the Public Records Act, applies to "nonprofit organizations of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Intimidation of Journalists

    […] to task about questions asked of a third member by a reporter. They referred to emails from the third council member on their laptops and also with written and printed form. The story questioned alliances the city council members have with a large developer in our area. Was this a violation of the Brown Act?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Giving conditions to public records requests

    […] then, given a letter from her and the Board of Directors that stated the following: The board is aware of you request,and we retrieved our standard policy for Board meeting minutes access. "The standard policy foraccess to the xxxxxxx Fire protection District Board of Director's Meeting Minutes is as follows: 1.         The board requires […]

    June 14, 2009