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    CPRA

    Economic Interest Disclosure Statements

    […] to file a lawsuit to get a response and then get some of what you are asking for, you should be entitled to your attorneys fees under   Government Code section 6259, which requires  that "[t]he court shall award court costs and reasonable attorneys fees to the plaintiff should the plaintiff prevail in litigation filed pursuant to this […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Dairy Plant Inspection Records

    […] question is that if the daily inspection records are maintained for enforcement or license purposes by the Department of Food and Agriculture, they are probably exempt from disclosure under Government Code section 6254(f) of the California Public Records Act.  But if these inspections are routinely done and the reports are not created for an specific enforcement […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    DA Office Complaint Records

    […] those records. Under the CPRA, 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 law enforcement agencies to withhold, among other things, records of complaints and investigatory records.  […]

    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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    CPRA School Records

    Cities’ rights and the CPRA

    […] Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Department of Toxic Substances Control Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment In addition, section 6253.1 of the Act (section 6253.1 of the Government Code) requires an agency to assist members of the public in formulating their requests.  The text of that section is as follows: 6253.1.  (a) When a […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Can cities discriminate between political and commercial signs on public property?

    In public forums, such as sidewalks, streets, train and railway stations, and parks, the government must bear an extraordinarily heavy burden to regulate speech in such locales.  Grossman v. City of Portland, 33 F.3d 1200, 1204 (9th Cir. 1995). With respect to public forums, the government has the right to establish regulations on the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Cal Expo Data

    As a general matter, information that is generated by a government agency and released to the public should be fair game for the public to use.  Some of these issues are being litigated by CFAC in a suit seeking access to certain basemap information from the County of Santa Clara.  Information related to this […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Developments on Public Lands

    […] the legislative body fails to correct the action within the requisite time period, you must file the lawsuit within 15 days.  Please see the provisions of California Government Code 54960.1 regarding the particulars of the timeline. You also have the option of filing an action for injunctive or declaratory relief, instead.  This alternative remedy […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    City Council editing public meeting videos

    […] the meeting of a legislative body subject to the California’s open meeting law, the Brown Act, then you have a right to inspect the video recording under Government Code section 54953.5(b), which provides: "Any audio or video recording of an open and public meeting made for whatever purpose by or at the direction of […]

    July 30, 2015