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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Reports, Public Record

    […] they wish. Are police reports related to neighborhood vandalism of public record or not?  If unable to discover the reports through the police department, and if no action was taken by the DA on any report, how would one gain access to find them?  I am looking for one specific report which should be […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Petitioning in front of stores

    […] protects petitioning and signature-gathering activity at large shopping malls. Robins v. Pruneyard Shopping Center, 23 Cal. 3d 899 (1979). However, that does not mean that a mall must allow an organization to gather signatures anywhere on mall property at any time. Malls may impose "time, place and manner" regulations that may require an organization […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Court Records

    Obtaining grand jury transcripts

    […] jury transcripts for proceedings for a particular defendant. Can you please tell me how to get them, or can you tell me what site I might find them on or if in fact they are available to the public. Could you email them to me? Must I pay for them and if so, how much?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Obtaining Copies of Video

    […] possession of the videotape you reference.  If the Metropolitan Transit System has possession of the video, you may want to submit a request under the Public Records Act ("PRA") for a copy of it.  (A sample PRA request letter can be found on the CFAC website at the following link: https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/cpra-primer/sample-cpra-request-letter/.)  Under the PRA, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Naturalization records

    Under the California Public Records Act ("PRA"), the public has a right to inspect and obtain copies of documents collected or maintained by state or local agencies.  The PRA requires agencies to provide you with the documents requested, or notify you that your request has been denied, within 10 days.  (Gov't Code § 6253).  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Murals on private property

    I would like to find court decisions where city ordinances or actions prohibiting murals on private property have been thrown out because they violate the First Amendment or California's Constitution. It is my understanding that murals are protected as speech and cities cannot regulate them by permit on private property. I believe there have […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Law Enforcement Records, Interrogation Reports, and Public Access

    […] was interrogated for hours, pressured to confess to a crime he had nothing to do with, and then jailed overnight until his parents could arrange bail.  The actual perpetrator (17) walked into the police dept and confessed 2 weeks later, and also led the police to the weapon he used, which he'd ditched by […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Going after omitted information

    As a general rule, emails are treated as written documents subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (PRA).  See San Lorenzo Valley Community Advocates for Responsible Education v. San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District,  139 Cal. App. 4th 1356, 1411 (2006). If you believe that emails responsive to your request were not […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment Police Records

    DUI Incidences and Media Reporting

    […] In a case called Nicholson v. McClatchy, the California Court of Appeal also held that a newspaper could not be sued for republishing the contents of a government record that was supposed to be kept confidential (the evaluation of a potential judge) because the media have a right under the First Amendment to ask […]

    June 14, 2009