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CPRA Police Records

Are police dashboard-cam videos exempt from the CPRA?

[…] the case of a police officer accused of committing assault on a juvenile under the color of authority . The officer's defense was that he was singled out for arrest and prosecution because he was unpopular in a dysfunctional police department and that his fellow officers willfully withheld exculpatory evidence from prosecutors. The charges were […]

March 18, 2015
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First Amendment

Reporter seeks access to court proceedings involving police personnel records

[…] issue with a law enforcement officer whose cases are being hit with multiple Pitchess and Brady motions due to reported manufacturing of evidence on search warrants ( for one). It looks like the judges will be moving any live testimony into chambers and I am looking for a way to legally challenge in camera […]

August 31, 2016
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CPRA

Private institutions, public funds and the CPRA

If a private institution such as university or college receives public and private funding for research, can a member of the public get access to records that pertain only to publicly funded research?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

What penalties have local governments faced for violating the CPRA?

I'm developing program to teach our office staff how to handle PRAs, and am looking for some examples of local governments, preferably in California, that have been penalized for not abiding by the terms of the law. Is a lawsuit the only way to remedy it? Can you share any examples?

September 16, 2015
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CPRA

Can I access documents from State License Board investigation?

[…] "do not have the evidence necessary to proceed with an investigation." The entire process was odd and shrouded in secrecy, and I am confident I was asked for a bribe. I don't say this lightly – I have worked in San Francisco for over 15 years and have experienced first hand the notorious corruption […]

February 23, 2015
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First Amendment

City Denies Critics Access To Information?

[…] public employees in their workplace. Id. at *6-7.It is not clear, however, that prohibiting an individual from any contact with the entire local government would satisfy constitutional requirements.Or to put it in the language of the Chase decision, such a broad restraining order might be said to burden more speech than is necessary to […]

May 29, 2010
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CPRA

Public Agency claims investigation files are exempt PRA

[…] by a large California Corporation. The complaint was filed with the Medical Board of California. After many months I was informed the case was closed. I asked for access to their files of the investigation and was informed that it was exempt from disclosure California Government Code § 6254 (f). My interpretation of the […]

December 13, 2014
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The Legal Hotline gives users quick, free access to FAC’s lawyers for questions about access to public records and your right to attend government meetings in California; access to court documents and proceedings in California and federal courts; and First Amendment protections for freedom of speech and freedom of the press. For reporters on […]

June 12, 2024
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Newsgathering Police Records

Can a news photographer be threatened with arrest while covering a protest?

[…] form your inquiry whether the work being done is on private property -- without permission of the property owner, then you could be removed from the property for any reason. If the area where you were was ordinarily public property but had been cordoned off or closed to the public because the police had […]

February 6, 2014
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CPRA

City avoiding disclosure of personal email

[…] press to have received email regarding a particular issue. Our PRA requesting those email have been rejected by the city because they do not have email accounts for council members. However on the city website the link to contact council members is the council member’s personal email account. If the city is listing the […]

January 13, 2012