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CPRA Police Records

Police refuse to release names of individuals who bought stolen laptop

Unfortunately, the Public Records Act does provide the police with the discretion to withhold witness names under Government Code§ 6254(f). Under the Act, police investigatory records are generally exempt from disclosure, except that certain information is required by to be disclosed by law enforcement agencies regarding a particular incident, e.g., the name and addresses of […]

December 12, 2014
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CPRA Police Records

Police Records and Investigation Files

[…] 10 days of your original request. The department's written response must specify the PRA's exemptions that the department is relying on to refuse releasing the records. (see Government Code section 6255). If only a portion of the records you have requested are exempt, the department must release any records that are not exempt. I […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Newsgathering Police Records

Police blotters and the CPRA

[…] days. I said okay, and went back to check the public records laws. Is it true that police blotters (or incident logs with all the basic information) must be made available daily or whenever we request to see them? I also noticed the descriptions on the blotters were nonexistent. There is only a phrase […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Outside City Lawsuit Settlements

[…] earlier this year about the City's obligation to make the settlement agreement public, under the Public Records Act ("PRA"), records in the possession of state and local government entities are presumed to be public unless one of the PRA's enumerated exemptions to disclosure applies. See Cal Govt Code Section 6252. I know of no […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Opening closed session agenda items by a city council

[…] question, depending on the particular situation. First, after a closed session, a city council is generally required to disclose certain information about that closed session and any action taken in closed session. What has to be publicly disclosed, and how quickly, depends on what the justification was for the closed session and what action, […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

JPA/private company partnership and the CPRA?

If a city formed a joint powers association with a private company, is this joint powers association subject the California Public Records Act? Can any member of the public get access to the records if the records are kept by the private company?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Counsel for a school board

The California Public Records Act, Government Code section 6250 et seq., would allow you to request a copy of the opinion, but it also probably permits the City to refuse to disclose it. Government Code section 6254(k) permits (but does not compel) a public agency to withhold "records, the disclosure of which is exempted […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

City’s stonewalling newspapers

[…] city attorney that I only want that business's information, and I do not want to create an "unfair competitive disadvantage" to that company, but that I am acting as a watchdog to make sure the city is collecting all its business taxes. I do not believe the city will be cooperative with this request […]

June 14, 2009