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Councilman asks intern on date via city issued cell

[…] of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record. Gov't Code section 6255(a). However, the use of this section by the government requires a "case-by-case balancing process, with the burden of proof on the proponent of nondisclosure to demonstrate […]

November 21, 2009
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Brown Act

Obligation to stated agenda

The Brown Act (specifically Gov't Code section 54957.5) states as follows: (a) Notwithstanding Section 6255 or any other provisions of law, agendas of public meetings and any other writings, when distributed to all, or a majority of all, of the members of a legislative body of a local agency by any person in connection […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Animal shelter won’t disclose contact info on local cat trapper

[…] v. Superior Court, 118 Cal. App. 4th 1041, 1045 (2004). Additionally, the County may attempt to fit the public records under the "catch-all" exemption, Government Code § 6255, which is a broad, yet undefined, exemption that provides that a record may be withheld if, on the facts of the particular case, the public interest served […]

June 15, 2016
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Celebrate Sunshine Week in California–Hold Public Officials Accountable for Access to Information

[…] Proposition 59, the constitutional ``right-to-know'' provision which received an astounding 83 percent vote: While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger agreed, in a break with his predecessors, to disclose his calendars (showing people with whom he met about policy issues) after Prop. 59's passage, some of his top aides refused to do so until a lawsuit was […]
June 2, 2009
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CPRA

Is a Salary/Wage Review Really A “Trade Secret”?

[…] to back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek.Gov't code § 6255.)You may want to preemptively include some of the law cited above in your letter so that the district will be forced to think through whether its […]

July 2, 2010
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CPRA

Help Needed In Requesting Documents from California Coastal Commission

[…] Court, 67 Cal. App. 4th 159, 169-70 (1998), is a court-created exemption derived from the same section mentioned above (Government Code § 6254(a)) and Government Code § 6255 (the so-called "catch-all exemption"). The deliberative process privilege is intended to protect the government’s decision making process. "The key question in every case is ‘whether the […]

March 16, 2020
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CPRA

Public Availability and Destruction of Temporary or Handwritten Notes

[…] obligations under this provision. With regard to your inquiry about what authority the Director is required to provide in responding to a PRA request, Government Code Section 6255 provides: (a)The agency shall justify withholding any record by demonstrating that the record in question is exempt under express provisions of this chapter or that on […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Access to RFO Bids

[…] back its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek. (Gov't code § 6255). You might want to remind the agencies of their obligation to provide you with the records, or to cite the authority that allows them to withhold […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

The mayor refused to let me make a public comment without identifying myself

[…] this chapter shall be construed to prevent the legislative body of a local agency from holding closed sessions during a regular or special meeting to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee […]

August 26, 2010
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CPRA

Providing Requestor’s Name, Personal Information

[…] to know where (and to whom) to send the records. In addition, if the agency is attempting to determine whether to withhold records under Government Code section 6255, on the ground that the public interest in non-disclosure clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure, it may want to know who is requesting the records, […]

June 14, 2009