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    Brown Act

    Voting on Multiple Budgets

    Redevelopment Agency agenda asks for 1 vote on 11 budgets for 11 redevelopment project areas. Does this conform to the Brown Act or should there be a 11 votes ?

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Online Sheriff’s Blotter

    […] removed about 18 months ago and replaced with this statement: "Due to security concerns, we have discontinued posting detailed inmate information on this website. Information required to be disclosed under Government Code section 6254(f)(1) of the California Public Records Act may be obtained by calling Inmate Records at (714) 647-4666." At the time I complained about this, since […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records School Records

    College Campus Police Blotter

    […] under the CPRA, although the CPRA would apply to such records to the extent the police working on the campus are members of local police departments. However, Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows police agencies to withhold investigatory records.  This exemption does not, on the other hand, […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Closed Session Performance Evaluations

    On the City Council agenda it states under closed session: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 and 54957.6, the City Council will meet with the City Administrator, to hold performance evaluations and consider the salaries for the Director of Parks and Trees, the Director of Community Development and Public Works... All department heads are […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA Police Records

    Accessing police documents

    I would like to know if the following document is covered under the California Public Records Act.  The chief of police for the my local police department maintains a form, which list in a chart format, on a monthly basis, the number of citations issued, arrests made, etc. for the department.  This form is […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Is There A ‘Duty of Good Faith’ For Agencies Timely Response to CPRA Requests?

    […] dragging its feet, you might want to remind it of its statutory obligation to, among other things, respond to requests within the time limits set forth in Government Code§6253(c); refrain from "obstructing] the inspection or copying of public records" (Gov’t Code§6253(d)); and "assist the member of the public make a focused and effective request […]

    December 5, 2018

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    CPRA

    County Silent In When It Will Fulfill My Request For 911 Calls Received During A Major Wildfire

    […] records.  Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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. No attorney-client relationship has been formed by way of this response.

    April 9, 2020

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    CPRA

    How can I Access Information On a Parolee in California

    […] any law directly addressing the California Public Records Act and specific details within parole records (such as date of absconsion), the presumption is that records held by government agencies are subject to disclosure under the PRA unless some exemption applies. For information regarding arrestees, Police are required to release "he full name and occupation of every […]

    January 20, 2021

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    CPRA

    Trying To Access Autopsy Records Of Mass Shooting Victims

    […] for non-disclosure.  As a result, the entirety of a coroner’s report should be available for public access, subject to potential privacy concerns and the provisions of California Government Code section 27491.8. Note that the CPRA contains a very broad exemption for police investigatory records. Specifically, Cal. Gov. Code § 6254(f) exempts "records of complaints […]

    April 1, 2020