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CPRA

Does an email search qualify as “data compilation” under CPRA?

[…] the agency will be required to pay your attorney’s fees. Gov't Code § 6259(d). 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 information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

April 25, 2016
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First Amendment Social Media

Blocked and Bullied by City Council Member

[…] might find helpful. 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 information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

January 26, 2018
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CPRA

Prohibiting a citizen from contacting a public agency

[…] person, that employee may direct you to the designated PRA contact person. However, nothing prevents you from contacting public officials. Furthermore, generally speaking, it is unconstitutional for government agencies to prohibit public employees and elected officials from speaking to the public or even from making public comments to the media. There are, however, certain […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Personnel Privacy and Public Access to Incident Reports

Under the California Public Records Act (CPRA), section 6254(f) of the California Government Code, the agency MUST give to the victims of an incident, or their representative, "the names and addresses of persons involved in, or witnesses other than confidential informants to, the incident, the description of any property involved, the date, time and location […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA FOIA

Information on Minors, Public Schools, and the California Public Records Act

I would like to know if information on children attending public schools is available under the Federal Open Records Act. I am looking to get mailing address for parents sending their children to public schools. If this information is available, would I be able to get the information from the school district office or […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Enforcement of the CPRA

Who enforces the California Public Records Act? I have been seeking information from a regional services district, but they refuse to provide me with the information I am seeking which would provide evidence of their misrepresentation of facts and directly and repeatedly lying to me. They say that the information (granted water permit applications) […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Newsgathering

Autopsy records of a public official

[…] medical examiner is refusing to release the clinical tests which were done to determine whether they had VIRAL hepatitis (i.e. hepatitis A or B). They are citing Government Code 6254 which exempts from disclosure "Personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." The medical examiner […]

June 14, 2009
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Newsgathering

Audio Recording, Meetings

[…] an individual, business association, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other legal entity, and an individual acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of any government or subdivision thereof, whether federal, state, or local, but excludes an individual known by all parties to a confidential communication to be overhearing or recording the […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA School Records

Accessing School Title IX Report

Someone filed a complaint in 2007 alleging that the School District in has failed to comply with Title IX of the Amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1972. Then OCR, the agency responsible for compliance with Title IX within the US Department of Education contacted the district and the district filed […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

PRA request denied for correspondence related to reports

[…] has an obligation to assist you in making a focused request. See Gov’t Code § 6253.1. 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 information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

September 7, 2016