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    CPRA

    School district claims too busy to fulfill document request

    I have made numerous attempts to view board meeting minutes, a contract with a specific vendor, payment documents to that vendor, and the names of the other bidders who were not selected for the position at the School District offices. Each time they sent me away saying that they were too busy to get […]

    August 18, 2011

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    Blog

    Pultizer Prize-winning reporter describes quest for truth in Las Vegas construction deaths

    […] OSHA and federal OSHA with headquarters in San Francisco. Accessing public records, Berzon soon discovered that many of the citations issues by OSHA were withdrawn after a meeting with employers alone – no family members or union representatives were included – and fines levied were drastically reduced. The safety agencies were not providing any […]

    November 11, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing police documents

    […] list in a chart format, on a monthly basis, the number of citations issued, arrests made, etc. for the department.  This form is made available at public meetings and to the board of directors of the local community services district of which the police department is part of the district. I want to inspect […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Blog

    Everyone Hates Julian Assange—Except For That Time They Used to Love Him

    […] for those very same leaks, many on the right are calling for Assange’s head, now that he appears to be the focus of potential criminal prosecution for serial releases of highly sensitive classified documents mostly related to military and intelligence matters. After the so-called "Vault 7 Leaks" of March 2017, Trump’s then-CIA director Mike […]

    December 15, 2018

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    How Trump’s War on Free Speech Threatens the Republic

    […] press isn’t limited to rhetoric. His administration has excluded from press briefings reporters who wrote critical stories, and it famously barred American media from his Oval Office meeting with Russia’s foreign minister and ambassador to the United States while inviting in Russia’s state-controlled news service. Before firing FBI Director James Comey, Trump reportedly urged […]

    June 6, 2017

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    City Hall withholding excessive water users’ ID info

     I cover city council meetings for a weekly newspaper in Northern California. City Hall will not release names or addresses for those exceeding city water rationing requirements. The city is in a declared water emergency. I can get a list of high users identified as residential or business water users like motels or restaurants, […]

    July 14, 2014

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Text-Messaging Public Records

    […] to be a basis for withholding public records. In your inquiry, you also mention the Brown Act and the Sunshine Law.  The Brown Act applies to public meetings, so it would not be applicable to this issue.  The San Francisco Sunshine Ordinance is an overlay to the PRA, and may providegreater rights of access […]

    June 14, 2009