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CPRA Police Records

Records of Traffic Citations

[…] 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). It is not immediately apparent whether any exemption would apply here. Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows police agencies […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Email Correspondence Records

[…] its denial by citing an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing it to withhold the records you seek. Cal. Gov't code § 6255. A sample PRA request letter can be found on the CFAC website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/. As to the length of time the city must […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

I’m applying to volunteer for the Sheriff’s Dept. Is that form subject to CPRA requests?

[…] the facts of the particular case, the public interest in withholding the record from public view far outweighs the public interest in releasing the record.Gov’t Code § 6255.This exemption is broad and undefined, and is often improperly invoked by agencies when no other exemption applies.In any case, both the PRA and court decisions interpreting […]

November 16, 2015
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Brown Act CPRA

Recording public’s comments in board minutes

[…] legislative bodies, the Brown Act makes such documents accessible under the California Public Records Act. Section 54957.5 of the Brown Act provides, in part: "(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 […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Are government contractors’ 1099’s disclosable?

[…] encourage you to file a written request for the records you seek because a written request requires the agency to provide a written response. Gov’t Code § 6255(b). If they reject your formal request, their response will need to identify the exemption or other justification for their denial. You may want to consider pre-empting […]

January 17, 2012
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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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Brown Act CPRA

Board Conducting Public’s Business Via Private Emails

[…] 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 § 6255(a). This exemption is broad and undefined, and is routinely invoked by public agencies in denying access to public records, but often does not justify non-disclosure, as […]

June 24, 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

Access to government officials’ email on personal account

[…] 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).A sample PRA request letter can be found on the CFAC web site at the following link: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/ . Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel […]

June 8, 2009
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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