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    CPRA

    City Clerk’s obligation to the CPRA

    Is there any law about City Clerk's responsibility to Public Records Information requests? Could you point me to the correct resource on the Clerk's legal responsibilities? The Clerk is both our elected City Clerk as well as a city employee administering the City Clerk's office.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Jail Files of Prisoner Suicide

    Under the California Public Records Act, Government Code section 6250 et seq., records maintained by public agencies are presumptively available for public inspection and copying unless one of the Act's exemptions applies.  In this case, that exemption that likely applies is found in section 6254(f), which exempts "records of investigations" as well as "investigatory files" […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing public employee timesheets

    […] provision, taking at least 10 days to respond to any request for copies. You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline […]

    August 4, 2011

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    CPRA

    Does the PRA apply to community college records

    […] writings are presumed public and must be disclosed on request unless a specific exemption applies. If you make a written request to the community college (a sample letter is available here) it must determine whether the records are subject to the PRA within 10 days of your request, and "promptly notify" you, in writing, […]

    April 12, 2016

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    First Amendment School Records

    First Amendment rights on college campuses

    […] to why they may be wrong about any claimed exemption. You can find more information about how to submit a Public Records Act request, including a sample letter, at this link on the FAC website. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to […]

    March 21, 2016

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    Whining college students need lessons in tolerance and free speech

    […] place" —-by which is meant an academic environment uncontaminated with ideas that they find "offensive." And by "offensive,"   students mean expression that deviates from a politically correct orthodoxy of received opinion. By this standard, any criticism, any dissent or disagreement, is not merely unwelcome, but actually threatening and harmful in a way that […]

    November 18, 2015

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    CPRA

    Does CA have a public records ombudsman?

    […] lawsuit to enforce your rights under the PRA, the agency would be required to pay your attorney’s fees should you prevail.  Gov't Code § 6259. Hopefully a follow-up letter to the agency will do the trick here, and spur the DMV to respond to your request.  I wish you the best of luck in your […]

    February 21, 2015

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    FAC Seeks Nominations for 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award

    […] Annual Winter Meeting of the California Press Foundation, Dec. 6, in San Francisco. Please send nominations, supported by links to online documents or written materials such as letters and newspaper clippings to explain the nature of the performance, service or activity to be saluted, its context and its consequences. Self-nominations are encouraged. (Don’t be […]

    August 15, 2018