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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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    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 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

    The California Department of Health Services, Ongoing Investigations, and Public Records

    […] 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.  This might allow you to better determine whether the agency can properly assert exemptions to withhold the records you seek. A sample PRA request is available […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Doesn’t the Brown Act require regularly scheduled meetings?

    The Board of Directors are constantly postponing regular meetings to accommodate a board member's busy schedule. They have not set up a calendar for the year with a consistent time or day of week, for example, every second Thursday at 4:00 pm. This month, they have not scheduled a regular meeting due to waiting […]

    October 19, 2015

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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

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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

    Countering a claim of non-existent records

    […] 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).   Here, it sounds like the City of San Diego did not cite any applicable PRA exemption or other authority to justify any denial of the records […]

    June 14, 2009