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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police Reports

    Unfortunately, the officer is correct.  As I mentioned at the conference, the California Supreme Court has held that the police do not have to provide copies of the actual reports themselves, but that, under section 6254(f), must provide all the information listed in that section in the case of incidents or arrests.  Williams v. […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    PRA request from the California Engineer Board

    […] is presumed public and must be disclosed unless a specific exemption applies.  Gov’t Code § 6252(e). If you make a written request to the Board (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 14, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Personnel Privacy and Public Access to Incident Reports

    […] "inspect" the report (or, at least, to have someone there tell you the information to which you are entitled under section 6254(f)). Second, you can submit a letter under 6256 for a copy of the report.  However, since the agency doesn't have to give you a copy, that might not work.  Also, under sections […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Public Records Non-Compliance, Filing Suit, and Non-Response

    […] not have the money to bring suit. Some years ago, the county superintendent wrote me that she found my requests harassing and she would never answer my letters again. She has kept her word. The board has refused to place this non-compliance on an agenda. And when I have attempted to bring this up […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Is a school caretakers’s security camera subject to CPRA?

    […] your request so you get what you are looking for. Here's a link to more information about how to submit a Public Records Act request, including a sample letter. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries.  In responding to these inquiries, we can give general […]

    September 10, 2016

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    Blog Cases

    FAC sues Novato to compel release of secret emails

    […] request to give Novato a chance to reconsider its position. But Novato chose to dig in its heels instead, denying FAC’s request on June 16. FAC then filed a further letter, detailing why Novato’s legal argument didn't apply. Novato did not respond. The city contends the emails are exempt from release under the CPRA because they are subject to […]

    July 13, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How do I find which grant funded school district position using CPRA

    […] that position, it can help to attach a copy of that reference, do so. In the Public Records section of the website you'll find a  sample CPRA request letter. Once you submit a written CPRA request a number of obligations are triggered on the part of the school district including: Responding in writing to any […]

    September 9, 2015

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Does the CA legislature have an open meeting law?

    You are correct that neither the Brown Act nor Bagley-Keen Act applies to the California legislature. The Grunsky-Burton Open Meeting Act passed in 1989, however, does require "all meetings of a house of the Legislature or a committee thereof shall be open and public" unless specifically exempted.  Govt. Code § 9027. Committee includes "a standing […]

    December 17, 2014

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    CPRA Police Records

    Access to Police Officer personnel files

    […] v. City of Taft, 154 Cal. App. 3d 332 (1982), the right of access to the termination agreement (as part of his employment contract), should include any letters laying out the terms of the termination of the chief's contract.  With respect to the audit prepared by the outside investigator, in a normal case you should […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Court Records

    Unsealing exhibits cited in a judicial ruling

    […] seek are not under seal, you may ultimately have to file a motion to unseal them.  (As a practical matter, you may first want to try a letter to the clerk's office, explaining why the documents are not under seal and should be made available to the public.) Although any member of the public […]

    June 14, 2009