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CPRA

Can I use public records to find out why I was denied unemployment benefits?

I received a Notice of Determination from Employment Development Department (EDD) stating that I had I refused a Job…and under Code 1257B will be denied U/I benefits for 10 week…" I believe that EDD was supplied with false information by a previous employer simply for relation and or harassment do to a previous administrative law […]

June 8, 2012
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CPRA

How do I enforce my right under the CPRA to inspect records?

[…] to the request to inspect the Department of Respiratory Therapy Policy and Procedures Manual. (The title of the manual was found in a Board of Directors meeting agenda. ) Over ten days have elapsed with no response to this request and no response to a follow-up request. The district did not request an extension. […]

June 7, 2017
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CPRA

School district claims too busy to fulfill document request

[…] to view board meeting minutes, a contract with a specific vendor, payment documents to that vendor, and the names of the other bidders who were not selected for the position at the School District offices. Each time they sent me away saying that they were too busy to get the documents for me, and […]

August 18, 2011
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CPRA

City Hall withholding excessive water users’ ID info

I cover city council meetings for a weekly newspaper in Northern California. City Hall will not release names or addresses for those exceeding city water rationing requirements. The city is in a declared water emergency. I can get a list of high users identified as residential or business water users like motels or restaurants, […]

July 14, 2014
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CPRA Police Records

How to access arrest warrants

I attempted to view the arrest warrants issued for the month of May, I was told I could only see the warrants for which I could provide an address or date. The County clerks said that the warrants were public but could not be viewed all together because they were not filed that way. […]

July 8, 2011
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Brown Act CPRA

Brown Act violation involving resignations

[…] violate the Brown Act (pertaining to open meetings), but it might violate the Board’s bylaws. You may want to request a copy, to determine voting and appointment requirements. Additionally, the resignation (and any document rescinding it) may be available to you by way of a public records request. The Public Records Act provides that […]

April 4, 2016
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CPRA School Records

School refuses to explain why principal fired behind closed doors

[…] was forced to resigned after a closed session meeting with the school board. Board members say they CAN'T talk about the decision. I made a written request for the files. They say they don't have to show me the file's under government code 6250. I don't believe that's true. Most of the employees at […]

March 5, 2012
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First Amendment

Can Golf Group Nix Magazine Give Away in Parking Lot?

[…] and manner of distribution." Likewise, in Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York v. Village of Stratton, 536 U.S. 150, 168 (2002), the Court invalidated licensing requirements for door-to-door solicitors and leafletters upon a challenge brought by a religious organization. Given that you propose to distribute your magazine in the parking lot at […]

June 23, 2010
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Brown Act CPRA

Planning Commissions, Confidential Complaints, and the CPRA

At a Planning Commission in our city an applicant applied for a variance regarding the height of a fence as a result of a complaint. Prior to the hearing a Planning Commissioner revealed that she was the complainant and was stepping down from the hearing. Another Planning Commissioner evidently found out who had made […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Little League meetings and the Brown Act

Does the Brown Act allow for you to sit in on a Little League meeting in which your conduct is in question by where the Little League officials have the right to suspend a coach without hearing his side of the story?

June 14, 2009