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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 […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Text-Messaging Public Records

[…] the SF Examiner that Mayor Newsom has refused to turn over Hawaii-based communications related to his conversations re: the Busan oil spill. He claims that the phone records and text messages are not public record because he used his personal iPhone and has not submitted a request for reimbursement from the City. I have […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

City misses CPRA request deadlines “due to staff vacancies”?

My friend and I first requested financial records for two affordable housing projects receiving government subsidies on August 19. The City responded on August 27 informing us that due to staff vacancies they could not fulfill our request, and that they would provide a status update by October 1. On September 4, we responded to the […]

October 12, 2015
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Brown Act CPRA

Applicability of the Public Records Act to Private Text Messages

[…] in the Examiner that Mayor Newsom has refused to turn over Hawaii-based communications related to his conversations re: the Busan oil spill. He claims that the phone records and text messages are not public record because he used his personal iPhone and has not submitted a request for reimbursement from the City. I have […]

June 14, 2009
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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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Major newspapers back CFAC/MAPlight lawsuit to expand public access to Legislative actions

[…] could fix this problem in a Sacramento minute if only it had the will. Public-records law seems to make clear that records should be available in their electronic format. If legislators have any question about the clarity of the law, they have the ability to change it. On Friday, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
- Public Records
June 2, 2009
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CPRA

Agency charging $2k for redacting electronic records

[…] me more than $2,000 to produce what is essentially a list of names. Much of the cost involves redaction. Initially, the cost was presented to me as "programming costs," which are allowed for electronic records, but their cost breakdown covers mostly staff time for a massive redaction effort. Are they abiding by the Public Records Act?

April 13, 2012
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CPRA

Agency’s proposed fees for producing electronic records–$2,000!

[…] what is essentially a list of names. Much of the cost involves redaction. Initially, the cost was presented to me as "programming costs," which are allowed for electronic records, but their cost breakdown covers mostly staff time for a massive redaction effort. Could I get advice on whether they are abiding by the Public Records […]

March 28, 2012
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CPRA

Obtaining records without fees?

How do I obtain a public record if I can not afford the price due to economic problems? Can the S.F.P.D refuse to give me the records in electronic from?

June 14, 2009
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Newsgathering

Audio Recording, Meetings

[…] is useful to you. Penal Code 632. (a) Every person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, by means of any electronic amplifying or recording device, eavesdrops upon or records the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another […]

June 14, 2009