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CPRA

Can criminal background checks on county candidates be kept confidential?

The County Board of Supervisors announced it will conduct a criminal and financial background check on the individual it selects to fill an open elected position for the clerk-recorder/registrar of voters. The county manager and county counsel say the results of these checks will not be public documents pursuant to the penal code which […]

May 1, 2013
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CPRA

CPRA Request being stonewalled by their attorney

[…] district with the governing board elected by the populace. It is a 5 member board. There are no term limits and several board members have run unopposed for many years. This Board is supposed to provide oversight over the actions of the Fire Chief. Recently members of the community have become aware of what […]

June 12, 2013
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First Amendment

Are law enforcement officers exempt from having their court proceedings made public?

[…] is sought of certain types of peace officers records, including records pertaining to complaints against peace officers, the party seeking disclosure must file a motion and provide notice to the governmental agency holding the records. The specific requirements for the motion can be found in Evidence Code Section 1043 . This does not mean […]

September 15, 2016
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CPRA Police Records

Police refuse request for incident report from peaceful protest

[…] alleged infraction or complaint. The private security official then approached each of us handing us a written notification bearing our personal identifying information, threatening to arrest us for trespass if we came onto any area of the parking lot of any of the businesses in the strip mall. We asked him how he had […]

September 9, 2011
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CPRA

Same fees assessed for electronic data as photocopies

I’m trying to obtain the school district’s 2010 spending records in digital form, but the USD's General Counsel is asking for 25 cents per page to send the digital information to us. They’ve explained that this is based on the usual fee rate for pages that are photocopied, but as we aren’t asking for […]

March 23, 2012
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CPRA

Fees assessed for electronic data

I’m trying to obtain records for the LA United School District’s spending for 2010 in digital format, but the LA USD Office of the General Counsel is asking for 25 cents per page to send the digital information to us. They’ve explained that this is based on the usual fee rate for pages that […]

January 12, 2012
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CPRA Police Records

Who is allowed to access arrest records?

I submitted a request for arrest and incident reports from a police department for a case involving my client but I got a call from someone in the Records Department who said that I needed to submit signed authorization from my client. Is that the case in your practice?

October 25, 2011
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CPRA Police Records

Should I need authorization to access arrest records?

I submitted a request arrest and incident reports from a police department for a case involving my client but I got a call from someone in the Records Department who said that I needed to submit signed authorization from my client. Is that the case in your practice?

November 22, 2011
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CPRA School Records

What’s meant by “electronic form” documents under the CPRA?

I requested a copy of the CA Jobs Bill Fund Report from my local school district. I received an oversimplified copy of the report so I asked for the website address for the complete report. I was told the website was password protected and therefore I was not granted access. Would a document with […]

August 5, 2011
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CPRA Police Records

Can City Attorney Withhold 911 Call Transcripts?

[…] conceivably "records of investigations" and thus exempt under Haynie. In fact, the California Attorney General has held that "mugshots" are investigative records exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements of the PRA under Government Code section 6254(f), and thus law enforcement can decide whether to release them or not. 86 Ops. Cal. Atty Gen. 132. […]

March 8, 2010