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    CPRA

    Police Deny Request for Previously Public Statement Claiming Exemptions

    Unfortunately, under California’s Public Records Act, police investigatory records are exempt from disclosure under Government Code § 6254(f), which exempts "records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of intelligence information or security procedures…or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled […]

    May 15, 2019

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    CPRA

    Denied Access to City Attorney Fees in Police Officer Assault Case

    […] reporting. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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.

    May 9, 2019

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    Court Records

    Is It Legal to Publish Personal Information Found in Court Documents?

    […] other information published on the website of the Secretary of State containing the principal location of the corporation run by the subject of our investigation, as well as the home addresses of its Officers, Secretary, etc. May we publish these governmental documents as well or would the best tactic be to redact that personal information?

    April 21, 2022

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    CPRA School Records

    Many Colleges Denying My CPRA Request for Title IX Report

    […] Dear Colleague letter. Other schools are charging absurd amounts of money ($800-$2500) for the documents. Others are citing attorney client privilege and other aspects of the CPRA act. Every University of California campus has complied with my request. I'm not sure how I should handle the denials. Will taking legal action get me the […]

    November 7, 2018

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    CPRA

    Are There National Security Exemptions Under CPRA?

    I am a policy advocate working on a bill that would strengthen the California Public Records Act as it relates to government contracts and tax incentive programs. Recently, we have heard that there are concerns around national security when it comes to this bill. Thus, my question is--are there any existing national security protections […]

    September 15, 2021

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    CPRA

    Records Request Response Included No Responsive Records

    I submitted a Public Records request to my Unified School District and paid the copy fee, but when I picked up the packet it did not contain any of the items that listed. Instead it was a copy of my Personnel file, which I am already entitled to obtain even without the request? Can you […]

    November 2, 2018

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    CPRA Police Records

    How Does the Police Bill of Rights Affect Transparency and Policing Reform?

    In 1976, California adopted "the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act," Govt. Code § 3300-13, which provides peace officers with certain substantive and procedural protections. Perhaps most significantly, the Act establishes limits on how officers may be questioned, investigated, and disciplined. Such laws have been criticized for making it excessively difficult to […]

    April 14, 2022

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    CPRA

    Does the California Public Records Act Allow Agencies to Extend Deadline for Retrieving Records from 14-Days to Months?

    […] extension. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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.

    May 21, 2020

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    CPRA

    County Ignores My Requests For Public Records

    […] neighborhood. What CDA did was inflate the neighborhood average size, the part that is taxed, to make their project appear average. It took my California Public Records Act requests to expose some of their doing, but they are now refusing to provide any more. I have submitted requests to the County Administrator and Board […]

    August 7, 2020