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  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal Records and the CPRA

    […] their obligation under section 6254(f) to provide you with the required disclosures.  A sample PRA request can be found on CFAC's website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/.  Hopefully, this will give you the type of information you are seeking on the two applicants. I note, however, that the right of access to the […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    School district denies request for annual audit

    […] contract is awarded, presumably the contract would be subject to disclosure under the Act.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/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC […]

    July 27, 2011

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Surveillance cameras and the CPRA

    […] tapes under the California Public Records Act (PRA). You can click on this link to get a template for such a request from the CFAC website:  http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request- letter/ In your written request, you should remind the SJPD that they should make sure they preserve a copy of the tapes from that day, and not […]

    June 14, 2009

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    FAC News Press Release

    LA Times veteran Jim Newton joins FAC board

    […] California. Previously, he served as editor of the editorial pages, supervising the editorial board and overseeing its work as well as the Op-Ed page, Sunday Opinion and letters to the editor. A 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Times, Newton worked as a reporter, editor and bureau chief.  He was part of the Los […]

    August 24, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Can my access to public records be limited to “by appt. only”?

    […] the agency. Alternatively, you might consider requesting the records from the agency in writing. See Govt. Code § 6252(e).  If you make a written request (a sample letter is available here), the agency must determine whether the records are subject to the PRA within 10 days of your request, and "promptly notify" you, in writing, […]

    August 26, 2016

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act First Amendment

    What the Brown Act Rules on a Postponing Public Meeting?

    […] And find out what can be done to prevent future instances such as the one I’ve described. This organization has a history of Brown Act violations that go back as far as 2009 and beyond. As an employee I am also concerned that asking them to correct this issue, could put my employment at stake.

    December 13, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Public Availability and Destruction of Temporary or Handwritten Notes

    […] suggested that I re-submit a new, formal PRA request asking for the "binder notes" from our County Public Works Director. So, I used aversion of the sample letter provided on cfac.org, as suggested, where it reads: "In any event, please provide a signed notification citing the legal authorities on which you rely if you […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal Investigation Files and the Department of Toxic Substances Control

    […] an exemption for "investigations conducted by .. any state or local police agency, or any investigatory ... files complied by any other state or local agency for correctional, law enforcement, or licensing purposes ...."  Gov't Code sec. 6254(f).  This would probably include a criminal investigation by a state agency like the DTSC. Unfortunately, the fact […]

    June 14, 2009