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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    Public Records Act Request Denied Due to Inability to Redact “Deliberative Material”

    […] report that was generated using this data. The school district has informed me that the records that I requested are exempt from disclosure citing Gov. Code § 6255. I appealed the decision based on the wording of the code that states: "If a record contains both factual and deliberative materials, the deliberative materials may […]

    February 20, 2018

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    CPRA

    Requests for applications of public positions

    […] App. 4th 1136 (1997) and California First Amendment Coalition v. Superior Court, 67 Cal. App. 4th 159 (1998).  Both cases involved applications submitted to the Governor for appointment to vacancies on county boards of supervisors.  In both cases, the court of appeal held, for a variety of reasons, that the applications were exempt from […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    District won’t release legal bills from defending workers’ comp cases

    […] Los Angeles v. Superior Court, 41 Cal. App. 4th 1083 (1996). The district may also attempt to invoke 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 served […]

    October 22, 2010

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    Explainers

    […] clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record." Times Mirror Co. v. Superior Court, 53 Cal. 3d 1325, 1338 (1991) (quoting then-Govt. Code § 6255(a), now § 7922.000). Under the catchall exemption, the "proponent of nondisclosure" must "demonstrate a clear overbalance on the side of confidentiality." American Civil Liberties Union Foundation […]

    July 3, 2024

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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

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Secret ballots violate Brown Act

    I attended a City Council Meeting today where the Council appointed members to an advisory board. The appointments were done in open session, but by secret ballot. After announcing the matter, taking questions and comments, the city council sat at the dias w/microphones off, each wrote their choices for the board on a piece […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    CHP said I could view dashboard video, but all my requests have been denied

    […] 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). No exemption clearly applies that would prevent release of the CHP officer’s dashboard camera footage, but even if the CHP were claiming some exemption, that exemption […]

    November 12, 2014