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Charter schools and the CPRA
June 14, 2009
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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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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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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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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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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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Denied access to letters of complaint regarding Airbnb rentals
[…] that any records are exempt from disclosure, they must, in their response, identify the exemption and explain why it applies to the requested records. Gov’t Code § 6255. They must also justify the exemptions that warrant any redactions made. Once the agency determines whether the requested records are subject to disclosure, such copies are […]March 13, 2014
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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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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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Are the Board of Directors of our Apartment Complex subject to the Brown Act?
[…] 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, and that if you are forced to litigate this matter, you are entitled to attorneys' fees if you prevail. Govt. Code § 6259(d) ("The court shall […]June 14, 2009