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CPRA

Can’t flush out City’s drainage report

[…] Of course, there are numerous exemptions that the City might invoke in responding to a records request, including the Act's "catch-all" exemption, contained in Government Code § 6255(a). This exemption states that in order to justify withholding a record, the agency must show that "on the facts of the particular case the public interest […]

May 4, 2011
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CPRA

County Refusing to Share Mold Report they Say Requires Us to Vacate. How Can We Access that Report?

[…] the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record." Cal. Gov. Code § 6255(a) (emphasis added). This exemption is broad and routinely invoked by public agencies in denying access to public records, but it often does not justify non-disclosure, as […]

April 21, 2022
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CPRA

Covered CA contracts exempt from PRA

[…] be subject to disclosure. In Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson v. Superior Court, 38 Cal. 4th 1065 (2006), the Supreme Court held that the PRA’s "catch-all" exemption, Gov’t Code section 6255, was satisfied such that during the City of Los Angeles’s consideration of various bidders in connection with an airport lease, the proposals themselves were exempt. Id. at […]

June 2, 2016
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CPRA

Agency answered cure & correct letter with demonstrable falsehoods

[…] the portions that are exempted by law." Govt. Code § 6253. The agency may also attempt to invoke the Act's "catch-all" exemption, contained in Government Code § 6255(a).This exemption states that in order to justify withholding a record, the agency must show that "on the facts of the particular case the public interest served […]

February 4, 2011
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Brown Act

Convening in closed sessions

[…] for Local Legislative Bodies, p. 12 (Cal.Atty General's Office 2003). With respect to whether the board can hold a closed session to discuss the supervisor search and appointment, the answer to that question is yes. Government Code Section 54957 provides that boards may hold closed meetings to "consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

UC student grades and the CPRA

[…] of privacy." Government Code section 6254(k) exempts records, the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited pursuant to federal or state law." In addition, Government Code section 6255 allows an agency to withhold other records upon showing that "on the facts of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Police Background Investigation

It sounds like the police department is relying (at least implicitly) on Section 6255 of the California Public Records Act ("PRA"), which provides that an agency can withhold records by demonstrating "that on the facts of the particular case the public interest served by not making the public record clearly outweighs the public interest […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Complaints, and Public Record

[…] of a local agency are presumed public unless one of the Public Record Act's exemptions applies. These exemptions can be found at Government Code Sections 6254 and 6255. It is not immediately apparent that any such exception would apply in this case. For purposes of your attempt to gain these complaints, the California Public […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Traffic Citations and the CPRA

[…] the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record." Cal. Gov. Code Sec. 6255(a). If you made your request in writing, the response must be in writing as well. Sec. 6255(b). Beyond this, the CPRA provides the right for any […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

Does the CPRA allow access to mugshots?

[…] of this particular case, the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by the disclosure of the record. (Gov. Code 6255.) Here, the public interest served by not disclosing the record is intended to allow law enforcement to successfully complete its investigation into the matter and not […]

December 23, 2012