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    CPRA

    Can I appeal a records request denial from State Medical Board?

    […] plaintiff who prevails in litigation filed pursuant to the Act.Gov't Code § 6259(d). You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition web site at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. You may be able to find an attorney to assist you through the First Amendment Coalition's Lawyer's […]

    August 22, 2011

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    Cases Press Release

    FAC Seeks to Unseal Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Embattled Former State Senator

    […] official convicted of serious felonies.." The motion comes after FAC requested the records from the Supreme Court by person at the clerk's office and by sending a letter. FAC is represented in this matter by Tom Burke, Rochelle Wilcox and Selina MacLaren of the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine. View the complete motion here. […]

    November 20, 2018

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    CPRA

    Request for sheriff’s homeless policy leads to trouble

    […] department has simply not provided them, your ultimate recourse would be filing an action in court to enforce the PRA. A preliminary step might be a follow-up letter explaining why you believe the documents exist and asking the sheriff's department to review its records to confirm that no responsive records exist, perhaps reminding the […]

    March 30, 2010

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    CPRA School Records

    Are School Yearbooks Public Records?

    The California Public Records Act ("PRA") provides that public records are presumptively open to the public, unless exempt from disclosure under the PRA.  Government Code section 6254(k) exempts from disclosure "records the disclosure of which is exempted or prohibited pursuant to federal or state law."  Section 49076 of the California Education Code specifically prohibits access […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Can An Agency Provide Requested Records But Deem Them “Confidential”?

    […] be considered evidence. The agency's attorney redacted all signatures on at least 40 checks for the same four-figure amount written to the same bank and cashed by the bank, assuming annual auditor's reports are correct. The question:  Is it legal for a government agency's attorney to redact signatures from checks produced by a PRA request?

    February 5, 2018

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    CPRA

    Can I request public staff time cards?

    […] to submit a written request for the records that you seek to the water district.You can find additional information regarding the Public Records Act, including sample request letters, on the FAC's website here: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/ As to your second question regarding minutes approval, this is likely something that is governed by the water district's bylaws.You […]

    September 26, 2011

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    Blog

    NSA may have adhered to legal rules, but legal rules can’t keep up with changes in surveillance technology

    […] likely to conclude that the agency was fairly scrupulous in its adherence to legal boundaries, and that its overstepping was infrequent, mostly unintentional and, in any event, corrected by the FISA Court in subsequent oversight proceedings. All this will reconfirm the truism that the legal system cannot possibly keep up with changes in technology. […]

    November 25, 2013

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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

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    CPRA

    Are not for profit charter schools required to comply with the CPRA?

    […] related to those categories (bullet points work well for breaking down the categories).  From there, hopefully the agency will work with you to focus your request so you get what you are looking for. You can find more information about how to submit a Public Records Act request, including a sample letter, on this website.

    November 9, 2016