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CPRA Police Records

Police deny journalist’s request for suicide report

[…] to another, to sell a product or service to any individual or group of individuals, and the requester shall execute a declaration to that effect under penalty of perjury. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit or limit a scholarly, journalistic, political, or government use of address information obtained pursuant to this paragraph.

April 2, 2010
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CPRA Police Records

Obtaining investigative files

[…] unlikely that the police agency will release, or allow you to see, the surveillance video they have confiscated in connection with their investigation about the fatal shooting.California Government Code section 6254 of the California Public Records Act exempts certain categories of public records from disclosure, including certain law enforcement information. Specifically, California Government Code […]

June 14, 2009
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FOIA

Non-response to FOIA request

[…] records sought.The appeal to the head of the agency is a simple matter.An appeal is filed by sending a letter to the head of the agency and must identify the FOIA request that is being appealed.5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(6)(A)(ii).Please look at each agency's FOIA appeals procedures for additional details required for administrative appeals.You can […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA First Amendment Newsgathering Police Records

Investigative files and the CPRA

The records you describe below are exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act. Unfortunately, Government Code section 6254(f) permits the government to withhold the following: "Records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of intelligence information or security procedures of, the office of the Attorney General and the Department of […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA FOIA

FOIA precedents and the CPRA #2

[…] or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.(b)(6) EXEMPTION 6 Personal Information Affecting an Individual's Privacy. This exemption permits the government to withhold all information about individuals in "personnel and medical files and similar files" when the disclosure of such information would "constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

CPS (Child Protection Services) records

I would like to gather the records from CPS (Child Protection Services). They said they can only get them from a court order. As I just want them for my records, where can I find links to get these copies, and/or how do I use 'Freedom of Information Act' to get these?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

CPRA fees and information in electronic form

[…] laptops to each other, especially during the periods of council meetings for the last two months, the city has responded thusly:Pursuant to the California Public Records Act Government Code 6253.9 b. 2 the following fees are associated with fulfilling your request: Contract Staff time to extract stored email ($45/hr x35 hrs) = $1,575.00 Recall […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Are CPRA requests public?

Are Public Records Act requests themselves exempt from the Public Records Act? Specifically, are PRA logs or other materials used to document PRA requests exempt or available for public review?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Accessing police reports

[…] copy of the complaint, the PRA requires that the police department respond within 10 days and, if the department claims the complaint is exempt from disclosure, it must tell you in writing why it is not giving you a copy by citing an exemption in the PRA that it claims allows the department to […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Third Party Notification

[…] agency and not, for example, to a private entity bidding for a public contract. Please note, if the agency has determined to extend the 10-day limit, it MUST first notify you in writing of such extension and must set forth, in the notice, the reasons for the extension. Thus, unless the agency has notified […]

June 14, 2009