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CPRA

Appeal of Superior Court Denial of Writ of Mandate Under Public Records Act

I am litigating a public records act petition for writ of mandate in Superior Court. The tentative initially went in my favor, but after oral argument, the court reversed its position and denied my petition outright. I am considering an appeal. Are appeals of petitions for writ of mandate under the PRA discretionary, […]

April 10, 2018
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CPRA

Public Universities, Listservs, and Destruction of Records

Destruction of public records is governed by Cal. Government Code Section 6200, which specifies that: "every officer having the custody of any record, map, or book, or of any paper or proceeding of any court, filed or deposited in any public office, or placed in his or her hands for any purpose, is punishable […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Can I Use the CPRA to access investigative files?

[…] request letter, on the FAC's website at Access to Public Records 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. Access to Public Records

March 26, 2015
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CPRA

Coastal Permit access under PRA

[…] Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website: Public Records Act 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.

April 29, 2016
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CPRA

CPRA request for animal shelter euthanasia log redact staff members names

[…] to accept stray dogs, and the shelter has chosen euthanasia as a means to meet that mandate, I would think that the performance of euthanasia is clearly the conduct of the people’s business and not in any way a personal or private activity. Is there any case law that would directly apply to this situation?

December 12, 2015
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CPRA Police Records

City Surveillance Cameras and Public Records Law

[…] retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics," Gov't Code Section 6252(e) -- are presumed to be open to the public and must be disclosed unless a specific provision of the Act or other law exempts them from disclosure. "Writing" includes not only writings in the traditional sense,but "every […]

November 20, 2009
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FOIA

Can TSA deny company public information under FOIA?

The Freedom of Information Act requires that a government agency produce existing records that are not otherwise exempt. 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2). The FOIA applies to existing documents, but nothing in the act requires that an agency produce or compile new records for the benefit of the requesting party. If an agency denies an individual’s […]

August 11, 2014
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CPRA Police Records

Public Record, and 911 Call Logs

[…] California Supreme Court said that, in enacting the California Public Records Act (CPRA), "the state Legislature ... limited the CPRA's exemption for law enforcement investigatory files," in Government Code § 6254(f), "by requiring agencies to disclose specific information derived from the materials in investigatory files rather than the materials, themselves." Thus, the Court said, […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Police Call and Arrest Logs

[…] City website keeps the call logs on the City website for 7 days, and they fall off, does that mean they are no longer accessible? How long must these records be provided for? One of the contentions was that if it fell off the website after the week that it appears there by convention, […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act CPRA

Planning Commissions, Confidential Complaints, and the CPRA

[…] made to a Planning Commission. We are not aware of any requirement, in the Brown Act or otherwise, that specifically speaks to whether a particular Planning Commissioner must step down when the Commission is hearing a complaint made by that Commissioner. However, it may be that the city or the agency itself has rules […]

June 14, 2009