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Brown Act

How Do We Make a Community Service District Board Comply with the Brown Act?

[…] would be found in other provisions of law. If you believe the CSD Board violated the Brown Act, then you may wish to consider filing a complaint letter or bringing a legal action, which could help you obtain judicial scrutiny of the CSD Board’s actions and even potentially void any past decisions that were […]

January 20, 2021
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CPRA

Giving conditions to public records requests

[…] the Pocket Guide to the California Public Records Act, I believe items 1 and 2 above are a clear violation of the Public Records Act. Is this correct? The department has 2 paid firefighter on duty from 8am - 5pm. would this be considered business hours? Before I take the next step and write […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Personnel Files

[…] reasons for why disclosure of performance evaluations (if not part of disciplinary records containing well-founded complaints of a "substantial nature") would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy in light of the California Attorney General Opinion cited above. A sample PRA request letter can be found on the CFAC website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/

June 14, 2009
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[…] by FAC’s attorneys. Handbooks FAC offers detailed guides on the California Public Records Act, open-meetings laws, and accessing records from law enforcement. These guides offer numerous sample letters for requesting public records in California or from federal agencies. These resources are free for all to use. Explainers FAC’s Explainers provides information about topics relating […]

June 12, 2024
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First Amendment

Passing out flyers in front of a public school

Is it permissible to pass out flyers on the sidewalk in front of a public school? We are passing out flyers about our school in front of local public schools. Consistently, the principals tell us that this is not permissible. It is my understanding that we are allowed to do this as long as we […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Are Citizen Bond Oversight Committee Applications Public Records?

[…] relatively innocuous and implicates no applicable privacy or public policy exemption." Such information could therefore be subject to disclosure under the CPRA. You could consider writing a letter back to the school district clarifying the exact information you are requesting. In the letter, you could also ask that, if the district still maintains that […]

May 15, 2020
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Brown Act CPRA

Park & Rec “advisory committee” keeping its advice secret

[…] the plan clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure. This is generally a fairly high threshold to meet. You might to start by submitting a PRA request letter to the parks and rec board seeking records related to the management committee's meetings. Although not statutorily required (your other option would be to orally convey […]

August 8, 2011
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CPRA

Outside City Lawsuit Settlements

[…] sufficient basis for denial under the PRA. Upon submitting your written request, the City must provide you with written notification within 10 days that specifies the exemptions in the Act upon which they rely. Gov't Code Section 6253( c). A sample PRA request letter can be found on CFAC's website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

CPRA request on pension investments was denied for the “public good”

[…] the San Diego County Employees Retirement System and am wondering if there is any case law that shows the use of this law is not being applied correctly. I have included the information below that the plan provided me. "...documents evaluating performance of managers and any documents relating to a manager change before the […]

May 16, 2012
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CPRA

Tax collector withholding documents

[…] I suggest you do is to submit another request. Be sure to specify that this second request is being made under the PRA. The sample PRA request letter you can findhere may be useful in preparing your follow-up letter. With respect to the exemptions that might apply, it is possible that the "catch-all" exemption […]

July 16, 2009