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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
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First Amendment Newsgathering

Press Credential renewal denied by CCAC

I am a journalist that covers Capitol politics. This year, my request for Capitol press credentials from the Capitol Correspondents Association of California (CCAC) was denied. Their reasoning was this: one of my publishers also has a political consulting business – the CCAC board believes payments to him violate CCAC bylaws. I am in […]

April 13, 2016
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Brown Act

School board offered settlement based on bad information; how can I set the record straight?

[…] a six-figure employee who we terminated. The settlement was designed to make the costs related to the termination finite. I supported the termination and opposed the settlement for a variety of reasons. It has come to light today, that a significant incorrect fact was given to us in closed session which I believe may […]

February 20, 2012
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CPRA

Local Agencies’ Request for Qualifications Bids

What are the legal requirements for Request for Qualifications Bids/responses to be available for the public to review? Can we use legislation in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain developers' responses to an RFQ? The agency is a local government redevelopment agency that has put out an RFQ to developers for the […]

June 14, 2009
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