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CPRA

Fees for “compiling” digital documents at UC?

[…] $.20 per page for the electronic record and, upon inquiring about this fee have been referred to the following policy by the California State University: Public Records Act? The records that I am trying to obtain are in ready-made format and used for analysis by the CSU on a regular basis. In other words, […]

May 15, 2012
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First Amendment

Union attorney didn’t defend my free speech rights

Government regulation of employee speech implicates First Amendment issues and is sometimes unconstitutional. The question usually boils down to the "'balance between the interests of the , as a citizen, in commenting upon matters of public concern and the interest of the State, as an employer, in promoting the efficiency of the public […]

August 2, 2011
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CPRA

Records request regarding government contractors was denied on privacy grounds

[…] i and K. We are not asking for any personal information other than the names of the persons, amounts paid in a calendar year, branch of the government the payments were made from, and general description of the payment made for people or companies either working for, or contracting with the county/city. Somehow they […]

July 13, 2010
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CPRA

Emails as public records

E-mails are "public records" as defined by the California Public Records Act. Government Code section 6252(e) defines "public records" as follows:"Public records" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public's business prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. "Public records" […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

What is a Reasonable Fee

[…] is reasonable, the board of supervisors may request the county auditor to conduct a study and to determine whether the fee or charge is reasonable." In addition, Government Code section 54986 requires that for fees established after 1983, prior to any fee being set under section 54985, the Board of Supervisors "shall" follow a […]

June 14, 2009
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Brown Act

Union representatives in closed labor negotiations

A closed session may be held, pursuant to section 54957.6 of the Brown Act, to discuss salaries, salary schedules, fringe benefits, and other issues within the scope of negotiations between a local agency and its employees with the local agency's representative. The purpose of this closed session is only to consult with its own […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

The CPRA and State Employees

[…] answer I received via email from our Chief of Administration: "Sorry we did not get back to you sooner. We had to determine if the Public Records Act applied to state employees. We have been advised that the Public Records Act does not apply to state employees. However, Budgets is determining what is available […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

School documents and lost records

[…] documents, that are "prepared, owned, used or retained" by the district are accessible to the public unless they come under one of the exemptions set forth in Government Code sec. 6254 or the "catchall" exemption in sec. 6255. With regard to salary compensation information, there has been a fair amount of controversy and litigation […]

June 14, 2009
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CPRA

Requests for applications of public positions

I live in a City with a deep history of closed government.The City Clerk has just notified me that I can not review (partially redacted) copies of job applications of the director of the City's planning department. I will not be allowed to see anything.It is my understanding that CFAC's stance is that I […]

June 14, 2009
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First Amendment

Expressive conduct at International Airport

[…] place and manner restriction. For example, if there are restrictions on speech that are applied evenly and without regard to the content of the speech, then the government may impose reasonable time, place and manner restrictions on the speech provided it demonstrate the restriction is (i) narrowly tailored, (ii) serves a significant government interest, […]

April 21, 2016