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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing county’s payments to a doctor now under arrest for molestation

    […] starting at § 6275. Finally, there is a "catch-all" exemption that the government will sometimes invoke if a more specific exemption doesn’t apply. See Gov’t Code § 6255(a). This catch-all focuses on whether the public interest would be best served by disclosing or withholding the records. Id. The District Attorneys’ ("DA") office may attempt […]

    November 12, 2011

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    Public officials’ love of secrecy is no match for the public’s love to watch government decision-making up close. In California, democratic voyeurism prevails.

    […] (now the county assessor) denied requests under the Public Records Act for emails between him and other supervisors, as well as his calendar of official meetings and appointments. Postmus says he doesn't have to disclose records that might reflect his and his colleagues' "deliberative process." In this he relies on a 1991 Supreme Court […]

    June 2, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Are a city manager’ meetings with his staff covered by the Brown Act?

    […] 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). You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, on the FAC’s website here. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel […]

    January 18, 2015

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    CPRA

    County’s Technical Review

    […] apparently completed with "funds already budgeted." The "technical update" was not available to the public. A formal records request was denied by the County's interim Deputy County Counsel. It is hard to imagine that this response could be justified by 6255. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations you can make about how to pursue this.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Does the CPRA allow access to notes from interviews with job candidates?

    […] where disclosure would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. These records are also subject to the deliberative process privilege, that protects decision-making processes. Cal. Gov. Code § 6255, the balancing test exemption, permits withholding a record if the public interest in nondisclosure outweighs that served by disclosure in order to protect the deliberative process. […]

    September 16, 2013

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    How much can I spend advertising against a ballot measure?

    […] "any person or combination of persons who directly or indirectly does any of the following: (a) Receives contributions totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendar year. (b) Makes independent expenditures totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more in a calendar year; or (c) Makes contributions totaling ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or […]

    July 7, 2010

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    CPRA

    Can’t flush out City’s drainage report

    […] Of course, there are numerous exemptions that the City might invoke in responding to a records request, including the Act's "catch-all" exemption, contained in Government Code § 6255(a). This exemption states that in order to justify withholding a record, the agency must show that "on the facts of the particular case the public interest […]

    May 4, 2011

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    CPRA

    Covered CA contracts exempt from PRA

    […] be subject to disclosure. In Michaelis, Montanari & Johnson v. Superior Court, 38 Cal. 4th 1065 (2006), the Supreme Court held that the PRA’s "catch-all" exemption, Gov’t Code section 6255, was satisfied such that during the City of Los Angeles’s consideration of various bidders in connection with an airport lease, the proposals themselves were exempt. Id. at […]

    June 2, 2016

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    CPRA

    Does “Deliberative Process Privilege” Allow California governor to Withhold Communications Relating to Voter-Mandated Study?

    […] Deukmejian, and has since been applied in many other contexts, including records of phone calls by city council members, and records regarding applications to the Government for appointment to fill vacancies on county boards of supervisors. According to the Supreme Court, "the key question in every case is whether disclosure of the materials would […]

    March 13, 2020