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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Access to RFO Bids

    […] the agencies of their obligation to provide you with the records, or to cite the authority that allows them to withhold it.  Only then will you be in a better position to determine whether the records have been improperly withheld.  A sample PRA request letter is 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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    Brown Act

    Authority to call school district special meetings

    […] and an agenda posted. The lone director stated in public (meeting is taped) that he called the meeting, saying he as a lone individual can call the meeting. It involved the expenditure of public funds and no bid contracts. How do I go about filing a notice to cure and correct on something like this?

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Decision Reached By County Supervisors Without A Public Meeting

    […] 3d 658 (1981). If you believe that the Board of Supervisors communicated to discuss and take a collective concurrence on the petition, then your instinct may be correct in that there could be a possible violation of the Brown Act. However, this is a fact specific inquiry. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for […]

    February 21, 2018

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    CPRA

    How Do I Access Decades-Old 911 Audios?

    […] agency, including audio recordings. A good first step to obtaining the 911 records you seek is to make a written request. You can find a sample request letter on the FAC website to help get you started. Once you make a written request, the agency must determine whether the records are disclosable within 10 […]

    September 24, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    How do we enforce the Brown Act?

    […] the board declared null and void, one must first, in a timely manner, sometimes within 30 days of the violation, demand in writing that the agency " cure and correct" the violations of law. A party who prevails in a Brown Act lawsuit may be entitled to an award of attorneys' fees and costs. […]

    December 22, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Animal shelter won’t disclose contact info on local cat trapper

    […] "relating to the conduct of the public's business" is interpreted broadly, and only purely personal information is exempt, i.e., the shopping list phoned from home, or the letter to a public officer from a friend which is totally void of reference to governmental activities.  See Assembly Comm. on Statewide Information Policy, Appendix 1 to […]

    June 15, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    FOIA

    Non-response to FOIA request

    […] the disclosure of all or some of the records sought.The appeal to the head of the agency is a simple matter.An appeal is filed by sending a letter to the head of the agency and must identify the FOIA request that is being appealed.5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(A)(ii).Please look at each agency's FOIA appeals procedures […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Planning Commissions, Confidential Complaints, and the CPRA

    […] be to request records pertaining to any complaints made by this particular Planning Commissioner, during the period for which she has been on the Commission.  A sample letter requesting records can be found on CFAC's website, https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.  Within 10 days of receipt of your request, sec. 6253(c) requires the agency to "determine whether the […]

    June 14, 2009