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    Explainers

    […] The CPRA provides for two means of accessing public records: inspection and copying. As to inspection, the CPRA states, "Public records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of a state or local agency and every person has a right to inspect any public record, exempted as otherwise provided.... Any […]

    July 3, 2024

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    The “deliberative process privilege” is dead or, at best, on life support

    […] opted to withhold their calendars---which would show, among other things, the special interest groups they confer with and which constituents get their attention. These officials rely on Times Mirror v. Superior Court, a 15-year-old decision in which the California Supreme Court blessed the decision of then-Governor George Deukmejian to reject a newspaper’s request for […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Homepage

    FAC Represents Investigative Journalist and New York Times in Public Records Act Lawsuit Against Riverside County https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/fac-represents-investigative-journalist-and-new-york-times-in-public-records-act-lawsuit-against-riverside-county/ _blank

    June 11, 2024

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    Remembering FAC Founding Father and California Journalism Giant, Frank McCulloch

    […] Los Angeles. He served as Southeast Asia bureau chief in Hong Kong and Saigon covering the Vietnam war and in top editor positions at the Los Angeles Times, the national McClatchy newspaper company based at the Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Examiner. McCulloch both championed and questioned his profession, saying at a retirement […]

    May 31, 2018

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    Free Speech & Open Government Award

    Greenson of the North Coast Journal; Sumar and McCabe of The New York Times and Leah Nylen of Bloomberg; and nonprofit, collaborative news platform MuckRock

    July 3, 2024

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can I access emails of city employees using personal emails for city business?

    […] whether employees have written emails stating that the system is not working properly. In response, the city attorney exempted an unspecified number of emails citing a ’ deliberative process’ exemption in CCC 6252(d), 6254(a) and (k) and 6255. He cited cases including Rogers v. Superior Court 19 Cal. App. 4th 469 (1993). I’m contacting […]

    November 17, 2011

  • Handbooks

    California Public Records Act Primer

    […] 3d 762, 774 (1983). International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, Local 21, AFL-CIO v. Superior Court, 42 Cal. 4th 319, 331 (2007). See, e.g., New York Times Co. v. Superior Court, 52 Cal. App. 4th 97 (1997); Gov. Code § 7928.300 (exempting home address and telephone numbers of public agency employees); Gov. Code […]

    July 8, 2024

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    CPRA

    Deliberative process and the public record

    […] off limits, as the county counsel never quoted a legal reference when denying my request for such, only writing my "request may seek records that reflect the deliberative process contributing to an executive or legislative decision, "It's believed communications exist chronicling a County Supervisor quashing, and meddling into, a reported Elder Abuse claim against […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can my former employer disclose my personnel records under the CPRA?

    […] Court, 42 Cal. 4th 319, 333 (2007). In some circumstances, agencies assert the catchall exemption on the ground that it protects records reflecting their "deliberative process." See Times Mirror Co. v. Superior Court, 53 Cal. 3d 1325, 1338 (1991). A claim of deliberative process must generally establish that "the disclosure of materials would expose […]

    May 15, 2025