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Court Records CPRA Newsgathering

Destruction of Council Office Files

[…] the following conditions are complied with: (a) The record, paper, or document is photographed, microphotographed, reproduced by electronically recorded video images on magnetic surfaces, recorded in the electronic data processing system, recorded on optical disk, reproduced on film or any other medium that is a trusted system and that does not permit additions, deletions, […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

What’s meant by “electronic form” documents under the CPRA?

[…] complete report. I was told the website was password protected and therefore I was not granted access. Would a document with restricted access be considered an " electronic form" if they printed it from a website that I cannot access and it looks like it is a template from the California Dept. of Education? […]

August 5, 2011
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CPRA

Documents once public now denied

[…] the names and addresses of individual medical technicians licensed by the state. The requested public records have been given to us by three different methods. 1. In electronic format by a typed document created by the State of California 2. In electronic excel format as provided medical technicians association 3. In paper copies as […]

January 12, 2011
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Court Records

Requesting electronic trial court records

I am trying to access a criminal court’s calendar for a 3 month period of time in 2004. Is there is a different public records request when trying to access information from the courts?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

What does the CPRA say about an agency charging a $48 “clerical fee”?

I'm interested in getting some feedback from someone a little more experienced at filing public records act requests. I'm a little suspicious of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing charging a $48 "clerical fee"although their invoice does not list the amount of pages or mailing fee, implying the search has not yet been done. The request […]

September 15, 2015
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CPRA

University fails to make good faith effort to respond to records request

[…] whether the scope of the request caused a delay in disclosure, and whether the agency was burdened by other duties that delayed its response." Motorola Communication & Electronics, Inc. v. Department of General Services, 55 Cal. App. 4th 1340, 1346 (1997) ("Based on the uncertainties inherent in Motorola's public records requests, and the timely […]

February 3, 2011
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CPRA

Same fees assessed for electronic data as photocopies

I’m trying to obtain the school district’s 2010 spending records in digital form, but the USD's General Counsel is asking for 25 cents per page to send the digital information to us. They’ve explained that this is based on the usual fee rate for pages that are photocopied, but as we aren’t asking for […]

March 23, 2012
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First Amendment Police Records

Requesting employee-related information

I am trying to access a criminal court’s calendar for a 3 month period of time in 2004. Is there is a different public records request when trying to access information from the courts?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

DMV License Plate Records

[…] DMV telephone help line operator told me the plate number was not in the DMV system. I submitted a broad CPRA request asking for all paper and electronic records for the license plate number as well as a photo of the vehicle showing the plates. DMV replied to my CPRA request: "There is no record […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Can Agencies Be Required to Choose Least Costly Format for Electronic Record Reproduction?

[…] reasonableness of DVD or whatever duplication fees, mailing fees, etc. Of course, regardless of the CPRA's requirements, it's no secret that some public bodies are fond of using fees to discourage requesters. Understandably, those same agencies are very reluctant to join the 21st century and transfer electronic records electronically. And that's the context for my question.

November 27, 2018