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    CPRA

    DMV denied request for records previously accessed. What should I do next?

    […] and confidential. Reasons listed for the denial: Gov. Code 6254, subdivision (k), as that section interacts with Evidence Code section 1040 (privileged official information), (2) pursuant to Government Code section 6254, subdivision (f), as intelligence or security information for licensing purposes, and (3) pursuant to Government Code section 6253.9 as information that would compromise […]

    August 19, 2010

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    What rules must agencies follow when redacting public documents?

    […] agency must or chooses to redact some information from the responsive record(s)? If the public must pay a fee for simply accessing and viewing records, may county governments charge more than the direct cost of reproducing the records? (Following that, and along the lines of [1], since search and retrieval costs are not allowed, […]

    March 21, 2012

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Fire Department employee names

    As a general rule, the names of public employees are a matter of public record and subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act, Government Code sections 6250-6259.But there are exemptions to the PRA's presumption of public access.One is for private information contained in personnel records (Government Code section 6254(c)), and another (in […]

    June 14, 2009

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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

    Destroying public records under the CPRA

    Under what circumstances can government agencies (i.e., a city government) destroy records? I see requests to destroy records from time to time on City Council agendas and this piqued my interest. One recent item stated that said records were "at least two years old" and ready to be destroyed. That seems odd but I […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act CPRA

    Request denied for fire district celebration guest list

    […] attendants and participants, including individual responses from invitees and preliminary rosters of potential attendants." 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 16, 2013

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    Bagley-Keene Act CPRA

    The California Bar and CPRA

    […] Bar does not clearly fall within the definition of a "state agency" or "local agency" in the CPRA. The California Supreme Court has stated as follows:  "[ Government Code] Section 6001 . . . provides: 'No law of this State restricting, or prescribing a mode of procedure for the exercise of powers of state […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act First Amendment

    Rules for public comment at council meetings

    […] few criminal prosecutions under the Brown Act, and to date they generally have not been successful.  As for civil remedies, there are two options.  First, pursuant to Government Code section 54960.1, you may seek to void an action taken at such meeting.  The requirements for taking such an action require you to seek to […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Brown Act School Records

    Right to Videotape School Board Meetings

    Yesterday, I videotaped a School District Board Meeting and I was under the understanding that citizens are allowed to videotape as specified under the Government Code Section 54954.3, the Brown Act. After the meeting, I was approached by two district personnel, one of them being the district superintendent. Both of them told me I […]

    June 14, 2009