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CPRA

Is A Public Agency Required to Disclose Names of Board Member Applicants?

We are trying to obtain the names of applicants for board vacancies, not the applications themselves or the information they contain, which seems to be covered by the California First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court (Wilson) 1998. Voters in November authorized the District to turn operation of the hospital over to a nonprofit corporation, […]

February 23, 2018
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First Amendment

Can ballot arguments be selected based on political content?

[…] regarding a county measure, both from bona fide organizations. The elections official decided to evaluate the "quality" of the two arguments, as a means of selecting one for publication. He did not consider flipping a coin or random drawing. He had no decision matrix or identified factors used in making his "evaluation." He decided […]

November 10, 2016
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CPRA

Public Universities, Listservs, and Destruction of Records

[…] entries in its online volunteer listserv from appearing in the newspaper. Because I believe the taxpayer-funded listserv content is a public document, I filed a PRA request for one day’s worth of postings. The university has replied that it keeps no copies of the listserv postings, and cannot provide them. They seem to have […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Access to public records denied during business hours

[…] , I have gone to the Park and Recreation Department to review public records (on site, in the building) during normal business hours and I have been sent away. If at all possible, I would like to file a motion this week to force the department to allow me access to these and other records.

November 21, 2009
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CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

Police blotters and the CPRA

[…] on in one city. I have been trying to deepen my coverage and want to check the police blotter more regularly, only when I went recently I noticed that it was a couple days behind. I went back a second time a day later and it was pointless because they hadn't updated yet. I […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Police and Fire Department Records

[…] it may concern. I am seeking assistance in obtaining a couple of reports from our City and the fire department. I had already walked in my request for public information and still have not received any written response. Today I visited in person the fire department and asked what the status of the info […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Charging for Electronic Records

A local hospital district claims it is "required" to charge me for access to inspect records that they claim are only available in electronic form. They have demanded a deposit of hundreds of dollars and my agreement to pay them whatever they determine the actual cost to be. When you consider that more and […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records CPRA First Amendment FOIA

Appellate Case Court Records

I made an FOIA request to the appellate court for list of cases (included those unpublished) filed for appeal relating to two Superior Court judges for the past 5 years. Their response was a letter stating they didn’t have any cases on file for me. There is, in fact a case on file but […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Accessing Court Records and List of Cases

Made FOIA request to the appellate court for list of cases (included those unpublished) filed for appeal relating to 2 Superior Court judges for past 5 years. Response was a letter stating they didn’t have any cases on file for me. There is, in fact a case on file but not what I asked […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records

Obtaining records of traffic citations

[…] 4 different agencies issue traffic citations in San Diego. These citations are then fed into the computers at the traffic courts.I would like to obtain weekly records from the traffic courts, containing details of all the citations issued during the previous fortnight.How could I go about ensuring that I can obtain this information in California?

June 14, 2009