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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

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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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

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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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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Brown Act

Board member shared confidential information after closed session

As you may know, the Brown Act permits an agency to meet in a closed session "to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee." Gov’t Code § 54957(b). The Brown Act prohibits disclosure of "confidential information" obtained at a closed session held pursuant to the Brown Act […]

September 9, 2016
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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 RFO Bids

[…] 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). You might want to remind the agencies of their obligation to provide you with the records, or to cite the authority that allows them to withhold […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Question and Answer Session with Consultants

[…] 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, nor do you need to request a return receipt. However, as you probably know […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

The mayor refused to let me make a public comment without identifying myself

[…] this chapter shall be construed to prevent the legislative body of a local agency from holding closed sessions during a regular or special meeting to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee […]

August 26, 2010