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    CPRA FOIA

    FOIA precedents and the CPRA #2

    […] or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.(b)(6) EXEMPTION 6 Personal Information Affecting an Individual's Privacy. This exemption permits the government to withhold all information about individuals in "personnel and medical files and similar files" when the disclosure of such information would "constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Emails to officials

    […] that a mayor or city manager actually read an incoming email.As to the second issue, the general rules regarding the destruction of city records are contained in Government Code section 34090 et seq, the text of which can be found at the link below. http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cacodes/gov/34090-34093.html There may be other local ordinances that may apply […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    CPS (Child Protection Services) records

    The California Public Records Act contains an exemption, in Government Code section 6254(k), for records that are made confidential under other provisions of the law.Welfare and Institutions Code section 827 (among other sections) make most CPS' records confidential except for those to whom a court orders they may be released, which is why CPS […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    CPRA fees and information in electronic form

    […] laptops to each other, especially during the periods of council meetings for the last two months, the city has responded thusly:Pursuant to the California Public Records Act Government Code 6253.9 b. 2 the following fees are associated with fulfilling your request: Contract Staff time to extract stored email ($45/hr x35 hrs) = $1,575.00 Recall […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Court response time to CPRA

    The California Public Records Act (CPRA) does not apply to the courts (see Government Code § 6252(a)). Therefore, when a court responds to your request for a copy of a criminal complaint, it is not required to comply with the deadlines imposed by the CPRA. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution and […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Right to online publication of events at my preschool

    […] may want to start contact your local Bar Association for referral to an attorney. 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.

    August 15, 2013

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    When a public official works remotely from a religious institution

    […] the Establishment Cause of the First Amendment.  (To satisfy the Establishment Clause a governmental practice must (1) reflect a clearly secular purpose; (2) have a primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion; and (3) avoid excessive government entanglement with religion.  Committee for Public Ed. & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist, 413 U. S.756, 773 (1973).)

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Water Usage Records

    […] established that the narrow privacy rights invaded are so fundamental that they outweigh the public's "fundamental and necessary right" to be informed concerning the workings of its government." Thus, unless the water district can meet its burden of showing that nondisclosure of customer water usage information clearly outweighs disclosure, the public is entitled to […]

    June 14, 2009