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Brown Act

How to cure and correct an improper action

[…] transmissions between a majority of its members prior to its meeting this week, of which I have copies. The City Attorney found out what was happening and told them to stop it since they were violating the Brown Act, but the meeting went forward anyway. How do we best proceed to get their decision undone?

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Giving conditions to public records requests

[…] the minutes requested. 3. If copies are requested, there will be a charge per page for copies. After reviewing the Pocket Guide to the California Public Records Act, I believe items 1 and 2 above are a clear violation of the Public Records Act. Is this correct? The department has 2 paid firefighter on […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Dealing with a cure and correct notice in a closed session

[…] legal action. I am thinking our discussion of the cure and correct should be in open session as we need to discuss whether we properly followed the Brown Act in the aforementioned meeting not the actual employee dismissal. My understanding is this sort of discussion is not allowed to be closed under the Brown […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA Police Records

Criminal Records and the CPRA

[…] California Public Records Act ("PRA"), records in the possession of public entities are presumed to be public unless one of the Act's enumerated exceptions to disclosure applies. Government Code section 6254(f) sets forth the so-called "law enforcement" exemption, which allows police agencies to withhold investigatory records, even if the investigation has been concluded. Notwithstanding […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

County Bids and Contracts, Public Record

I bid on a copier RFP for the County Court and lost the bid. I would like to know if I can request a copy of the bid and the contract and will they have to give it to me. I thought under the public record act they would have to.

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Confidentiality of CPRA requests

Are responses to Public Records Act requests confidential? Some allegations were made about a person by an employee of a public agency. They were printed in the newspaper. This person asked for copies of the documentation that the county employee had to support their allegations. The response to that person's PRA request was mailed […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Circumstances for closed meetings

Meetings of any "legislative body" of a "local agency" as those terms are defined in California Government Code sections 54592 and 549451, respectively, may hold closed sessions for the following reasons: —To discuss and decide whether an applicant for a license or license renewal who has a criminal record is sufficiently rehabilitated to obtain […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

California Driver’s License Numbers and the CPRA

Must a public agency provide driver's licenses of business owners it licenses? Can or must the public agency redact any of the information like the actual CDL number?

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Barred from entering public school board meeting

[…] be a pretty good argument that the husband was acting as the agent of his board member spouse, in which case what he did would violate the Brown Act (just as if his board member spouse had blocked access to the meeting). The board and spouse would probably argue that the husband wasn't acting […]

June 14, 2009
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Court Records CPRA First Amendment FOIA

Appellate Case Court Records

[…] to those documents unless the court has specifically ordered them to be sealed. In order to seal such documents, the party wanting the documents to be sealed must file a motion to seal under California Rules of Court Nos. 2.550 and 2.551 (conversely, if those standards and procedures are not met and/or satisfied, the […]

June 14, 2009