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    California Supreme Court: Public Officials Cannot Conceal Emails From Public By Sending From Personal Email Accounts

    The California Supreme Court ruled on March 2 that emails sent from the personal email accounts of government officials are subject to the California Public Records Act -- a significant ruling with a far-reaching, positive impact on the public's right to know. The unanimous ruling shuts off the government's ability to conceal information from […]

    March 3, 2017

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    Public Meetings

    Public meetings protections remain in place — for now

    All, I wanted to let you know about a legislative victory that is crucial to government accountability and civic engagement. In a bipartisan vote, a committee of the California Legislature voted down AB 817, keeping in place important public-meeting protections. As we shared last week, we opposed AB 817 because it would have excused a wide range of government bodies governed […]

    June 13, 2024

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    CPRA

    Destruction of public records

    […] context of discussing exemption of particular records, the PRA expressly recognizes that agencies do not retain records indefinitely.See Cal. Gov't Code section 6254(a).Please be aware that California Government Code section 34090 requires the retention of city records less than two years old.After that time period (and unless the records are required to be kept […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    When a public official works remotely from a religious institution

    May a local water district, subject to the Brown Act, allowed a director to participate telephonically where the remote site (in this case Palmyra, NY) is a facility which is part of the Mormon Church.  In this case the remote site is the Visitors Center of Hill Cumorah, which displays religious symbols, shows films […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    UC student grades and the CPRA

    I have a question about the California Public Records Act.  Do Public records include student grades from the UC system?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    The CPRA, Email Communication, Right to Privacy and Records Regarding One’s Self

    I made a California Public Records Act request to a public school district in California for: "All Email communication regarding myself and my child." I received partial records which are not nearly complete. I am concerned about adherence to legal safeguards prohibiting school districts or any public entity from "sanitizing" requested records. Thus far, I […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Bagley-Keene Act CPRA

    The California Bar and CPRA

    Is the California Bar subject to the California Public Records Act or any similar open access law?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    University claims to have a year to respond to document requests

    […] Act, the agency must make the records available "promptly." If an agency refuses to provide records under the Act, the ultimate recourse is filing a lawsuit under Government Code Section 6259.Such lawsuits are typically initiated by a verified petition (i.e., a request filed under oath) that asks the court to issue a writ of […]

    January 4, 2011

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    CPRA School Records

    Globe trotting university official keeps tabs on dog sends bill to tax payers

    […] and the dean often calls the kennel from  international locales on UC’s dime. I got the phone bills but UC redacted all the phone numbers citing California Government Code §6254(c); Cal. Civil Code §1798.42. I am looking for some guidance as to how to draft a response arguing that these phone numbers should be […]

    March 20, 2012

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    First Amendment Social Media

    Prof worried about free-speech rights regarding Facebook post

    The First Amendment, with some exceptions, generally prevents the government from limiting citizens’ speech. Employers, with some exceptions, generally have the ability to limit what their employees can say on behalf of the company or while engaged in work functions. Thus, an interesting dynamic is generated when, as in your situation, the government is […]

    February 22, 2015