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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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    June 12, 2024

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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

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    Newsgathering

    Copyrights and Mugshots

    All photographs are protected by copyright except photographs created by the US government.  So, technically, mugshots from local law enforcement are copyrighted. In addition, the competitor has a copyright in its website.  Taking content from the competitor's website could be copyright infringement. Finally, there is a doctrine of "hot news misappropriation," under which taking […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    City deleting unread emails

    […] a mayor or city manager actually read an incoming email. As to the second issue, the general rules regarding the destruction of city records are contained in Government Code section 34090 et seq, the text of which can be found at the link below. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/gov/34090-34093.html There may be other local ordinances that may apply […]

    June 14, 2009