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    CPRA

    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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    CPRA

    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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    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

    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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    Brown Act

    Closed Session Voting

    As you may know, the Brown Act provides that a legislative body may hold a closed session to "consider the appointment, employment, evaluation or performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee, or to hear complaints or charges brought against the employee by another person or employee, unless the employee requests a public session."  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Incomplete labor exemption codes within School District closed session agenda

    […] listing Government Code Section 54957, without any other designation, may be unclear.  Pursuant to Gov't Code § 54957(b), a closed session may be held to consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of performance, discipline, or dismissal of a public employee.  ("Performance goals" would seem to fall under the umbrella of "evaluation of performance" pursuant to […]

    March 24, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Can a school board restrict critical speech about district employees?

    […] simply does not pass constitutional muster. The agenda language also refers to section 54957 of the Brown Act, which allows for a closed session 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."   […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Records request regarding government contractors was denied on privacy grounds

    […] 6254 of the PRA, section i and K. We are not asking for any personal information other than the names of the persons, amounts paid in a calendar year, branch of the government the payments were made from, and general description of the payment made for people or companies either working for, or contracting […]

    July 13, 2010