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    CPRA Police Records

    City Surveillance Cameras and Public Records Law

    […] retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics," Gov't Code Section 6252(e) -- are presumed to be open to the public and must be disclosed unless a specific provision of the Act or other law exempts them from disclosure.  "Writing" includes not only writings in the traditional sense,but "every […]

    November 20, 2009

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    FOIA

    Can TSA deny company public information under FOIA?

    The Freedom of Information Act requires that a government agency produce existing records that are not otherwise exempt.  5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2).  The FOIA applies to existing documents, but nothing in the act requires that an agency produce or compile new records for the benefit of the requesting party.  If an agency denies an individual’s […]

    August 11, 2014

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    CPRA Police Records

    Public Record, and 911 Call Logs

    […] California Supreme Court said that, in enacting the California Public Records Act (CPRA), "the state Legislature ... limited the CPRA's exemption for law enforcement investigatory files," in Government Code §  6254(f), "by requiring agencies to disclose specific information derived from the materials in investigatory files rather than the materials, themselves."  Thus, the Court said, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Call and Arrest Logs

    […] City website keeps the call logs on the City website for 7 days, and they fall off, does that mean they are no longer accessible? How long must these records be provided for? One of the contentions was that if it fell off the website after the week that it appears there by convention, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Giving conditions to public records requests

    […] the minutes requested. 3.         If copies are requested, there will be a charge per page for copies. After reviewing the Pocket Guide to the California Public Records Act, I believe items 1 and 2 above are a clear violation of the Public Records Act.  Is this correct? The department has 2 paid firefighter on […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Criminal Records and the CPRA

    […] California Public Records Act ("PRA"), records in the possession of public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's enumerated exceptions to disclosure applies.  Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows police agencies to withhold investigatory records, even if the investigation has been concluded.  Notwithstanding […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    County Bids and Contracts, Public Record

    I bid on a copier RFP for the County Court and lost the bid. I would like to know if I can request a copy of the bid and the contract and will they have to give it to me. I thought under the public record act they would have to.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Confidentiality of CPRA requests

    Are responses to Public Records Act requests confidential? Some allegations were made about a person by an employee of a public agency. They were printed in the newspaper. This person asked for copies of the documentation that the county employee had to support their allegations. The response to that person's PRA request was mailed […]

    June 14, 2009