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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

    Are the applications for state professional licenses public?

    […] because releasing the information would allow expose licensees to potential attack, since would-be attackers could then plan crimes against license holders.Id. at 652, quoting Gov't Code § 6255. The court rejected this argument, finding it "conjectural" at best.Id. The court also rejected the agency's contention that disclosure of the records would discourage the the […]

    August 16, 2011

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    CPRA

    Response times to CPRA requests

    […] sent to me telling me that the 10 days would commence on April 16, when the district resumed "official business." I responded that the matter was 10 calendar days, not business days. The request was hand delivered and stamped received on April 6. My question is under these various circs, when is the 10th […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Public Comment on Public Contracts

    […] 1065 (Cal. 2006), does not give guidance on this issue.  That case stands for the proposition that bids for public contracts are exempt from disclosure under § 6255 of the Public Records Act during the negotiation process.  While the court also stated that the agency must allow a reasonable time period between disclosure of […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Who is allowed to sit in on closed sessions regarding hiring?

    […] 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 […]

    December 31, 2010

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    CPRA Police Records

    Are police informant contracts subject to the PRA?

    […] not something that is pertinent to the investigation itself. The police department might also claim some other exemption – for example, the "catch-all" exemption, Government Code § 6255, which is a broad, yet undefined, exemption that provides that a record may be withheld if, on the facts of the particular case, the public interest […]

    April 27, 2016

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    CPRA

    Accessing DMV Files

    […] 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).  It is not clear whether the DMV has cited any applicable PRA exemption or other authority to justify the denial of your own driving record.  You […]

    June 14, 2009