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    CPRA Police Records

    Police Call Logs and Public Records

    […] 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 and Fire Department Records

    Under Government Code § 6253(a) of the California Public Records Act, public records are open to public inspection during regular office hours of the agency that has the records.  If the department has a copy in its office, it is required to make a copy "promptly available" to you upon request under §  6253(b).  […]

    June 14, 2009

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    First Amendment

    Passing out flyers in front of a public school

    […] v. City of Las Vegas, 333 F.3d 1092, 1099 (9th Cir. 2003) (internal quotation marks omitted). "Public fora have achieved a special status in our law; 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). In order to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Non-response to CPRA requests

    As you probably know, under Government Code section 6253(c), public agencies are supposed to respond to requests for public records within 10 days.  The response time can be extended by up to 14 days (to a total of 24) in "unusual circumstances." There are a number of possible informal actions you can take if […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Non-Agenda Items, Emergency Items, and the Brown Act

    Under Government Code Section 54960.1, any person can go to court to attempt to void action taken by a board in violation of the Brown Act. However, you must first submit a written demand within 90 days of the date the action was taken, unless the alleged violation was of the notice and agenda […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Court Records

    Names of Grand Jury Sub-Committee Members

    […] juror; (ii) an interpreter; (iii) a court reporter; (iv) an operator of a recording device; (v) a person who transcribes recorded testimony; (vi) an attorney for the government; or (vii) a person to whom disclosure is made under [other parts of the Rule]. I hope this information is useful.  Please consider joining the California […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act

    Model Letters

    […] language that you might want to include to make clear that there is a legal obligation to provide the agenda packet, you might want to explicitly reference Government Code Section 54954.1 (reproduced below), which requires agencies to provide agenda packets upon request.  As you suggested, it also makes sense to ask for the documents […]

    June 14, 2009