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    PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK WITH PUBLIC RECORDS

    […] fires raged in San Bernardino County and Postmus, then the chairman of the Board of Supervisors, was mysteriously absent. A San Bernardino County judge ordered a few calendar entries and e-mails released but upheld the county’s decision to withhold many calendar entries based upon the county’s claim of "deliberative process." But during the case, […]

    June 3, 2009

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    CPRA

    Records request denied due to “deliberative process privilege”

    My city is claiming "deliberative process privilege" in redacting the planning director appointment calendar. I'm wondering if there have been any successful challenges to the deliberative process privilege since Schwarzenegger's refusal to turn over appt calendars for two aides citing this privilege?

    June 6, 2013

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    CPRA

    Emails as public records

    […] Code section 6255.The California Courts have recognized that this "deliberative process privilege" may justify non-disclosure in some circumstances, for instance in response to a request for all calendars of the Governor of California.(See Times Mirror v. Superior Court, 53 Cal. App. 3d 1535 (1991). However, they have also recognized that a narrower, more specific […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Closed Session on Employee Performance

    […] in an upcoming school district agenda meets the requirements of the Brown Act. This the language as it appears in the agenda • Public Employee, to consider appointment, employment, performance evaluation, or dismissal of employee pursuant to GC §54957, as cited in the Brown Act (2 cases). I understand from talking with two members […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed meeting votes and the Brown Act

    Under the Brown Act, can a sitting city council conduct a secret vote (no public notification) whether to consider a legally filed candidate for a city commission appointment, and then, refuse to make public how each council member voted or how the tally went when they do appoint candidates to a commission?

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    What Constitutes a Local Agency

    Your first step is to determine if you have a right of access to the information you are seeking under general the California Public Records Act ("PRA").  The Brown Act, which you referenced in your inquiry, is California's open meetings law, whereas the PRA is the open records law, and governs access to the public […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Court Records

    Civil Harassment Restraining Order Filings; Non-Internet Accessible

    […] 2.503(c)(6).  However, Rule 2.503(b)(1) provides that, to the extent feasible, a court must provide electronic access, both remotely and at the courthouse, to "egistrars of actions ... calendars, and indexes in all cases." (emph. added).  Thus, while the actual documents filed in civil harassment proceedings may not be made available for remote electronic viewing, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Access to public records denied during business hours

    […] referred to as a custodian of a public record) shall, at normal times and during normal and reasonable hours of operation without unreasonable delay without requiring an appointment, permit the public record, or any segregable portion of a record, to be inspected and examined by any person and shall furnish one copy thereof upon […]

    November 21, 2009