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    Blog

    FAC lawsuit leads to model CPRA policy for dot-gov email

    […] (PRA), which treats paper records the same as digital records. But public officials wishing to avoid the PRA--often the same officials who most loudly proclaim their support for government transparency--have been avoiding prying voters by using a private email account instead of their official dot-gov account. San Jose and Auburn have adopted policies that […]

    December 23, 2012

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    Blog

    “Let us Now Praise” a Famous Man: Ray Pryke, Friend of the First Amendment

    […] Los Angeles, the Dana Point Pilot and Antelope Valley Journal. Ray’s group of papers is known as the ValleyWide Newspapers. While these publications are heavy on legal notices—their true raison d’etre from a business standpoint—and generic news content, Ray occasionally would fill their pages with hard-hitting investigative news stories about local, political corruption. Among […]

    February 20, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    What’s the law regarding destruction of public records?

    […] body or of a city board or commission. This section shall not be construed as limiting or qualifying in any manner the authority provided in Section 34090.5 for the destruction of records, documents, instruments, books and papers in accordance with the procedure therein prescribed.  Gov't Code Section 34090. Effective January 2010, however, "the legislative […]

    July 20, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing police reports

    I have been refused a copy of a police report. It is a complaint filed against myself. I have the complaint number. I filed a request with the police along with a check for the correct amount. I received a response back saying I wasn't allowed to have a copy with NO explanation why.

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Request denied for fire district celebration guest list

    […] normally kept on file, any factual sections of the report, and perhaps its observations and analysis, would typically not be precluded from disclosure under this exemption. Citizens for a Better Environment v. Department of Food Agriculture, 171 Cal. App. 3d 704 (1985). Note that the case also said that even if documents are predecisional […]

    August 16, 2013

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    CPRA Police Records

    Trouble obtaining arrest records and mugshots

    We are attempting to obtain arrest logs and mugshots or the booking photos associated with each arrest from local police jurisdictions for the purpose of crime statistical data gathering. We are asking for data on a consistent basis, i.e. daily email, weekly spreadsheets etc. Some jurisdictions have supplied the arrest logs but no photos. […]

    October 28, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    Can the city manager demand political cartoons removed from senior center?

    […] the case? What are the senior’s rights on this issue? It seems to be a direct violation of their first amendment rights, but the City is notorious for not being transparent and open to the public. Is there ground to stand on, or does the City have the full right to have the comics […]

    November 18, 2011

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    CPRA

    Denied access to letters of complaint regarding Airbnb rentals

    […] at the Council meeting that night.  The Council referenced a complaint letter but wouldn’t show it to us because they said the writer wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. I found out I could request the letter under the PRA. I did and they sent it. It was an anonymous letter. But […]

    March 13, 2014

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    CPRA

    Does the CPRA allow access to notes from interviews with job candidates?

    I was recently not selected for a position at my place of employment, a California State University. Two individuals were hired that appear to be less qualified than me. I sent a request for interview notes because the chair of the interview panel expressly told me that only the responses given in the interview […]

    September 16, 2013