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    CPRA

    Obtaining Legal Records of a Public Agency

    Section 6254(k) is the exemption to the Public Records Act for records that are privileged under some state or federal law.  However, for the most part the attorneys' billing records are not privileged. While no published California state court has addressed the question directly, the state and federal courts that have addressed the issue […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Newsracks and Shopping Centers

    […] -- this is because sidewalks are generally considered to be public forums.  See ACLU v. City of Las Vegas, 333 F.3d 1092, 1099 (9th Cir. 2003).  "he government must bear an extraordinarily heavy burden to regulate speech in such locales." Grossman v. City of Portland, 33 F.3d 1200, 1204 (9th Cir. 1995). However, in […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Court Records

    Names of Grand Jury Sub-Committee Members

    […] juror; (ii) an interpreter; (iii) a court reporter; (iv) an operator of a recording device; (v) a person who transcribes recorded testimony; (vi) an attorney for the government; or (vii) a person to whom disclosure is made under . I hope this information is useful.  Please consider joining the California First Amendment Coalition.  Member […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Missing persons report and the CPRA

    […] agency, or . . . investigatory or security files compiled by any . . . state or local police agency."  They are therefore exempt from disclosure under Government Code section 6254(f).  However, the police department must disclose certain information contained in the report (unless doing so would endanger their investigation-and any such claim should […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Mayor’s appearance calendar

    A local activist says that the Mayor and City Attorney "have both sent me letters refusing to divulge the mayor's calendar of scheduled May appearances as Mayor and/or his appointment book of meetings as Mayor for the past two months." Is this legal under Prop 59?

    June 14, 2009

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    July 3, 2024

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    CPRA

    Electronic Filing of Campaign Disclosure Data

    […] for it to redact the addresses in the online version.  I am not aware of any particular authority that would support this position, however, and the position does not seem to make a great deal of sense where making the information available online would seem to entail less cost and work for the government agency.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    E-Filing of Campaign Finance Data,0

    […] for it to redact the addresses in the online version.  I am not aware of any particular authority that would support this position, however, and the position does not seem to make a great deal of sense where making the information available online would seem to entail less cost and work for the government agency.

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Does the agency have to know why you want records

    The answer to your question is "no."  You do not have to state the purpose for why you are seeking public records.  The California Public Records Act ("PRA") prohibits "limitations on access to a public record based upon the purpose of which the record is being requested, if the record is otherwise subject to […]

    June 14, 2009