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  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Unauthorized meetings to discuss matters within jurisdiction

    Government Code section 54952.2 (set forth in its entirety below) defines a "meeting" as follows:"[M]meeting" includes any congregation of a majority of the members of a legislative body at the same time and place to hear, discuss, or deliberate upon any item that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the legislative body […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA Police Records

    Police Reports and the CPRA

    […] 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

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Online Sheriff’s Blotter

    […] removed about 18 months ago and replaced with this statement: "Due to security concerns, we have discontinued posting detailed inmate information on this website. Information required to be disclosed under Government Code section 6254(f)(1) of the California Public Records Act may be obtained by calling Inmate Records at (714) 647-4666." At the time I complained about this, since […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Obligation to post minutes if no action is taken

    […] of the Act's specific provisions authorizing an executive session applies.  To facilitate public attendance, special multiple day meetings are subject to the same geographical restrictions as regular meetings, and must be held "within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction," with limited exceptions set forth in Government Code section 54954.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Missing Records from Request

    […] relying for its redactions.  That will allow you and any attorney you retain to evaluate the validity (or not) of the County's claimed exemption and any legal action. Government Code section 6259 also allows you to sue for access by filing a verified petition for writ of mandate in the Superior Court for the County.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Legal Action Against a Board Member in Closed Session

    […] your request can be found at the First Amendment Coalition’s website here. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner 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.

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Golden Gate Bridge suicide records

    […] being relevant to a claim or litigation does NOT mean that it is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. The exemption for pending litigation (in Government Code section 6254(b)) only applies to documents the District acquires or prepares in the litigation process, not for documents that pre-date any litigation and were not […]

    June 14, 2009

  • Asked and Answered

    Brown Act

    Cure and correct Brown Act violations

    Under Government Code section 54952(b), any "commission, committee, board or other body of a local agency, whether permanent or temporary, decision making or advisory, charged by charter, ordinance, resolution, or formal action of a legislative body [such as the Board of Supervisors]" is subject to the public notice and public meeting requirements of the […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Court Employee Anonymity

    […] quotation omitted).  In light of the many policy reasons the courts have recognized for treating the names of public employees as public information -- including accountability of government -- there is a good argument that generic concerns about privacy or security should trump the constitutional or common law right of access to the names […]

    June 14, 2009