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  • Asked and Answered

    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

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    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

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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

  • Asked and Answered

    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

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Agency claims my CPRA requests via email are “not public records act request”

    In response to an emailed request for public records, the local agency responded that my "series of emails were not a public records act request." In turn, they withheld the requested information. Of course, it could be that I've been not asking for the right thing in the appropriate way?  I've been requesting information […]

    March 30, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Fees assessed for electronic data

    I’m trying to obtain records for the LA United School District’s spending for 2010 in digital format, but the LA USD Office of the 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 […]

    January 12, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How long are routine County surveillance records archived?

    […] footage from the wrong incident. The data that indicates the date and time of the footage was left out, perhaps intentionally. I am still attempting to retrieve the proper footage to pursue my case. Do you know how long California Counties archive records from police dash-cam footage? How would I go about pursuing this information?

    May 6, 2016

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    Advocacy Blog

    Pricing the Public Out of Public Records 

    […] requesters for the direct costs of duplication, typically cents a page for copies. And there are circumstances when agencies can impose fees for producing or compiling certain electronic records, though the California Supreme Court has put guardrails on that. The county’s fee regime, however, went beyond that and relied on a state law outside of […]

    May 11, 2023

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    Blog

    Wanted by the FBI: Journalists’ phone records showing calls to and from confidential sources.

    […] a phone company or ISP information about their customers. On the say so of FBI higher-ups alone, the FBI can now demand "toll billing records" and " electronic communications transactional records" for any "person or entity." National Security Letters are not subject to a warrant requirement or other judicial supervision. Requested phone records must […]

    June 2, 2009