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Open Meeting Rules for Chamber of Commerce/ Non-Profits
June 14, 2009
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Are Community Action Agencies Subject to the Brown Act?
October 30, 2020
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Is A Public Agency Required to Disclose Names of Board Member Applicants?
[…] 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. In the CFAC case, the Court of Appeal said that if the applicants for the position in question – who were evidently required to submit answers […]February 23, 2018
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I couldn’t video tape my own arrest, but a reality show was allowed
[…] law enforcement, or licensing purposes . . . . " If the investigatory report you seek fits within that wide definition, it will be exempt. Lastly, section 6255, is a catch-all exemption whereby an agency is permitted to withhold any record for which it can show that public's interest in secrecy clearly outweighs the […]September 4, 2011
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Closed Sessions and Permissible Topics
[…] them. The PRA requires that agencies cite an exemption in the PRA or other state or federal law allowing them to withhold the records you seek. Gov't Code § 6255. Only then, just as you state, will you be in a better position to determine whether the council is legally entitled to withhold such records.June 14, 2009
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Employment documents of officials
[…] might raise an argument under Wilson v. Superior Court, 51 Cal. App. 4th 1136(1997)that the job applications are protected from disclosure under the deliberative process exemption (section 6255 of the California Public Records Act) on the grounds that the job applications are pre-decisional documents whose purpose is to aid the School District in selecting […]June 14, 2009
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Autopsies and CPRA
[…] do put it in writing, and the agency denies your request, they must provide you with written notification of the reasons for their denial (Government Code section 6255). If you do not know the name of the record, or do not know for sure whether it exists, you can frame your request generally, by […]June 14, 2009
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Denied right to have job termination discussed in open meeting
There are situations where legislative bodies may hold meetings that are closed to the public, including meetings to consider the appointment or employment of a public employee. See Cal. Gov. Code §54957(b)(1). Specifically, an agency may hold a closed session to "consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public […]August 2, 2011
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Obtaining the names of notaries public
[…] written PRA request for the information you seek, the responsive agency must respond in writing, and must justify any refusal to disclose the records. California Government Code 6255. CFAC provides a form letter that you may wish to use as a template for your PRA request, available on CFAC's website at the following link: […]June 14, 2009
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Disclosure of applicant information under PRA
[…] (citations omitted). Additionally, "in determining whether public records which are not expressly exempted from disclosure must be disclosed over the government's objection, California courts apply the section 6255 balancing test for the catchall exception on a case-by-case basis. Where the public interest in disclosure of the records is not outweighed by the public interest […]March 22, 2016