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    CPRA

    Can the Deliberative Process Privilege be used to avoid answering a deposition?

    […] deliberative process privilege. The "deliberative process privilege," is a court-created exemption derived from Government Code § 6254(a) (exempting preliminary drafts, notes and memoranda) and Government Code § 6255 (the so-called "catch-all exemption"), which is intended to protect the government’s decision making process. "The key question in every case is ‘whether the disclosure of materials […]

    April 22, 2017

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    FAC Joins Coalition Urging SF Mayor to Restore Rights Under Sunshine Ordinance

    […] negotiations, nor the right to a response to a Public Records Act request unimpeded by the often abused 'catch-all' exemption from disclosure found in Government Code section 6255, to combat this public health emergency. In fact, the Sunshine Ordinance section expressly forbids 'assert(ing) an exemption for withholding for any document or information based on […]

    April 20, 2020

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing police documents

    While the police department may try to argue that the record is exempt from disclosure under Government Code section 6254(f).  While that section exempts several categories of records -- records of complaints and investigations, records of intelligence information or security procedures, and investigatory and security files -- there is a good argument that a monthly […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Obtaining Copies of Video

    […] 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).  Although the Metropolitan Transit System may attempt to withhold the video pursuant to section 6254 (the pending litigation exemption) believing they may be involved in litigation […]

    June 14, 2009

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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 Police Records

    Obtaining Copies of Police Reports Relating to a Minor

    […] 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. Note that, depending on your specific circumstances -- including whether you are involved in a legal proceeding for which you want to use the records -- […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Are school district’s attorney fees public records?

    […] of the particular case the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record."  Govt. Code § 6255(a). If I am understanding your question, you are trying to get records relating to the amount of money the district spends on the services of an […]

    April 15, 2015