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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
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CPRA

Access to rezoning information

[…] your request in writing. Among other things, to the extent the agency denies your request, they must notify you of that denial in writing. Gov't Code Section 6255. Your request does not need to be sent in any particular matter. Additionally, the PRA gives an agency 10 days to respond to a request. Gov't […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Are emails sent to elected officials private or public?

[…] outweighed the public's interest in the disclosure of that information. City of San Jose v. Superior Court, 74 Cal. App. 4th 1008, 1023 (1999); Govt. Code § 6255 ("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 the […]

September 17, 2010
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CPRA

Can we submit a Public Records Act request for a California elected official’s personal emails, text messages?

[…] information contained in personal accounts, such as the exemptions for certain personal financial data, personnel and medical files, and the "catch-all" exemption of Cal. Gov. Code § 6255(a). In any event, any messages in the city council member’s accounts that substantively pertain to the public’s business (and are not exempt under some exception in […]

July 30, 2020
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CPRA

Are the applications for state professional licenses public?

[…] because releasing the information would allow expose licensees to potential attack, since would-be attackers could then plan crimes against license holders.Id. at 652, quoting Gov't Code § 6255. The court rejected this argument, finding it "conjectural" at best.Id. The court also rejected the agency's contention that disclosure of the records would discourage the the […]

August 16, 2011
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CPRA

Response times to CPRA requests

[…] sent to me telling me that the 10 days would commence on April 16, when the district resumed "official business." I responded that the matter was 10 calendar days, not business days. The request was hand delivered and stamped received on April 6. My question is under these various circs, when is the 10th […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Proposals and Public Records, Limiting Public Comment

Unfortunately, with regard to the 3-minute time limit on public speaking time, such restriction is probably reasonable under the Brown Act. The Brown Act provides that "very agenda for regular meetings shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the legislative body on items of interest to the public that are […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Access to names of applicants to official positions

[…] 51 Cal. App. 4th1136 (1997), and California First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court,67 Cal. App. 4th 159 (1998). Both cases involved applications submitted to the Governor for appointment to vacancies on county boards of supervisors. In both cases, the courts of appeal held, for a variety of reasons, that the applications were exempt from […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Are police informant contracts subject to the PRA?

[…] not something that is pertinent to the investigation itself. The police department might also claim some other exemption – for example, 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 […]

April 27, 2016
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CPRA

Private information in the public record

[…] Code section 6254(c), which exempts "personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy" (2) Through Government Code section 6255, the so-called "catchall" exemption, which turns on whether "under the facts of the particular case," the public interest served by not making the record public clearly […]

June 14, 2009