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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA School Records

    School personnel campaigning on public dime

    […] pay "fees covering direct costs of duplication."Govt. Code Section 6253. You can find more information about making requests under California's Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website:http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. I hope this information is useful and wish you the best of luck in your efforts. Holme Roberts & Owen […]

    October 27, 2010

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    CPRA School Records

    Accessing university’s decision making on promotions and tenure

    […] days to respond may be permitted under the Act. Id. You can find more information about the mechanics of the Public Records Act, including a sample request, letter, can be found in the FAC's website here. As to your questions concerning how long to wait for a response.  Despite the strict requirements under the […]

    June 9, 2015

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    CPRA Police Records

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

    […] Additionally, making a Public Records Request is not punishable in any criminal capacity. 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 for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these […]

    November 12, 2014

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    Bagley-Keene Act Brown Act

    Juvenile Justice Commissions and the Brown Act

    […] of the minors) and other information protected by law.  And, under California Penal Code § 6027 and the Bagley-Keene Act itself (in section 11126 (c)(12)), Board of Corrections studies on crime, including penology, may be reported in closed sessions.  However, this does not appear to relate to the activities of the Juvenile Justice Commissions […]

    June 14, 2009

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    2007 CFAC Free Speech & Open Government Assembly

    […] Last year’s recipient, for instance, was investor Ron Burkle, for attempts to make divorce records secret. In 2005 the darkness "diss-honor" went to the state Department of Corrections and its then leader (what was his name??) for blocking legislation to give journalists access to prisoners. CFAC has been rewarding good and bad open-government deeds […]

    June 3, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Emergency agenda items and proper notice requirements

    My first question is: What is the correct procedure for adding an "emergency" item to a city Council agenda? Recently, a City Council added an "emergency" closed session to its agenda to discuss "anticipated litigation" without any motions or votes. My second question is about anticipated litigation: Must it be described in some fashion […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Is all information about public employment tests exempt?

    […] exempt material and produce the rest of the document.Gov't Code Section 6253(a). You can find information about making a request under the PRA, including a sample request letter, on the First Amendment Coalition web site at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First […]

    July 29, 2011

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    CPRA

    Can public access city’s internal investigation report?

    […] and the Department of Justice, and any state or local police agency, or ay investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes . . . . " If the investigatory report you seek fits within that wide definition, it will be exempt. Lastly, […]

    October 27, 2011