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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

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    CPRA

    Tape recording closed sessions

    […] should be aware that if you make such a recording, a member of the public may argue that it is a "public record" under the Public Records Act.   Thus it may be subject to a request that it be disclosed and/or copied under the Public Records Act.  You and/or the School District may be […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Surveillance cameras and the CPRA

    […] the tapes and will seek a court order to obtain a copy, if necessary. Under the PRA, the SJPD will have 10 days to respond.  They either must tell you they will provide you a copy (for which they can only charge you the direct cost of making a copy), or, if they are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Subpoenaed for a trial

    […] are certain matters one can decline to testify about (e.g. see below re "journalist's privilege"). If one wishes to avoid showing up at trial at all, one must file a motion in court to "quash" the subpoena (and have the court rule in your favor). But if you have a legal basis to "quash" […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA School Records

    Student records

    […] Education Code section 48918. However, once a final decision has been made to expel a student, the fact of the expulsion and the reason for the decision must be disclosed in a public document. See Education Code section 48918(j) and (k). I have attached the text of this section below. You may make a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    State Agency Test Results

    […] that would be included in a resume, curriculum vitae or job application to demonstrate a person's fitness, in terms of education, training or work experience, for a government job is not a matter of privacy.  Eskaton Monterey Hospital v. Myers, 134 Cal. App. 3d 788 (1982).  The Eskaton court reasoned that "information as to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Requesting Audio Tapes, Time of Response

    Under Government Code section 54953.5, any tape or film record of a public meeting "shall be subject to inspection" under the California Public Records Act. However, this section allows the Council to erase or destroy the tape within 30 days after the taping or destroying. The typical procedure to follow in this circumstance would […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Request to Dept. of Insurance regarding bail agents

    The California Department of Insurance may properly raise the "private personal information" exemption found in Government Code section 6254 and/or the privacy provisions of the California Constitution in denying disclosure of personal identifying information of its staff, such as birth dates, phone number, social security and credit card or bank account information. The courts […]

    June 14, 2009