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CPRA

Access to public library records under Public Records Act

[…] request, they only provided records covering the last 2 years and 10 months, and they informed me that previous records do not exist - however, I have obtained information that confirms the existence of these records. Other attempts to obtain previous records have been unsuccessful. Does the Public Records Act protect my access these records?

April 1, 2016
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CPRA FOIA

Construction inspectors’ addresses omitted from CPRA response

[…] 187, 193 .) Courts have also recognized that the public interest in disclosure is minimal, even when the requester asserts that personal contact is necessary to confirm government compliance with mandatory duties, where the requester has alternative, less intrusive means of obtaining the information sought. (See, e.g., Painting Industry, supra, 26 F.3d at p. […]

July 18, 2013
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CPRA

State Public Health Department Withholding Public Inspection Records

[…] the machine used. I received a statement stating my request was being delayed and I might not receive all of the records. After complaining and resubmitting my request, I received some of the records but not all. I was told an administrator must first inspect the public records and then decide which records are given.

February 7, 2018
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CPRA

Can An Agency Charge Fees for Inspecting Public Records?

I am inquiring whether agencies can charge you to inspect emails or get copies of emails based on Government Code section 6253.9(b)? Are they allowed to use rule of cost to construct a record, and the cost of programming and computer services necessary to produce a copy of the record, for the charging of […]

February 26, 2018
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First Amendment Newsgathering

Do students’ free speech rights extend to internet and TV broadcasts?

[…] or Section 2 of Article I of the California Constitution. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

December 2, 2011
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First Amendment

How are non-print media regulated in schools?

[…] or Section 2 of Article I of the California Constitution. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to First Amendment Coalition hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

August 25, 2011
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CPRA

Using the CPRA to access list of alcoholic beverage licensees

[…] to whether business email addresses which are provided to the ABC-California by alcoholic beverage license applicants are subject to disclosure under the provisions of the California Public Records Act? And if, so, how can we obtain a list of all alcoholic beverage licensees in the State of California which include the following: (1) The name of […]

June 13, 2016
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Brown Act CPRA

City Attorney says legal analysis is a CPRA exemption

[…] privilege.) It does not seem that the law guarantees you access to the record. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give general information regarding open government and speech issues but cannot provide specific legal advice or representation.

June 10, 2013
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CPRA

How do I challenge the results of a public records act request?

I am working with a community organization that has filed public records requests with the School District asking for certain data pertaining to enrollment statistics for a subset of their total population. We have reason so believe that the information they have provided is inaccurate. One indicator, for example, is that they have provided wildly […]

February 10, 2017
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First Amendment

Can Golf Group Nix Magazine Give Away in Parking Lot?

[…] "limited public forums," or areas that traditionally have not been made open to the public, but have become public forums for at least some purposes because the government body that regulates a particular area has made it available for use by the public.In order to restrict speech in a public forum or limited public […]

June 23, 2010