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    CPRA School Records

    Cities’ rights and the CPRA

    My city of residence explains to me that THEIR version of the Public Records Act supersedes the state’s. The specific question I am asking is "who is the owner or a taxi cab company."  This, to me, is not a life threatening problem. Are they allowed to with hold this information? Second, I read […]

    June 14, 2009

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    CPRA

    Trying To Access Autopsy Records Of Mass Shooting Victims

    I am having difficulty obtaining the autopsy records from the reported mass shooting in Thousand Oaks on November 7-8, 2018. My understanding is Autopsy Records are public records in the State of California. How do I force the Medical Examiner's hand? I've been asking about these since November. They don't even cite an exemption […]

    April 1, 2020

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    CPRA Police Records

    Trouble obtaining arrest records and mugshots

    With respect to arrest logs, California's Public Records Act exempts certain law enforcement records (namely, "records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, or records of intelligence information or security procedures of ... any state or local police agency, or any investigatory or security files compiled by any other state or local police agency, […]

    October 28, 2011

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    CPRA

    Records retention and PRA

    Suppose I make a request for records from a public agency, but their records retention policy allows the records to be destroyed before the agency produces them. Does the Public Records Act require a suspension of the destruction of records if a request has been made?

    April 26, 2016

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    CPRA

    Can I use the PRA to request lawmaker’s emails and calendars?

    Statutes governing access to public records differ depending upon the person from whom you seek the records.  The Public Records Act only applies to records "prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency..."  Gov't Code § 6252(e)(emphasis added). Therefore if you seek records from a local legislator (supervisor or city council […]

    August 26, 2016

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    Brown Act

    Does Brown Act allow City secrecy about power plant plans?

    […] vote of the governing members. So I cannot tell you one way or another whether such a vote was in fact required. That being said, the Public Records Act, Govt. Code sections 6250 et seq., governs both the City's and the Energy Commission's duty to provide members of the public access to governmental records. […]

    June 14, 2013

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    CPRA

    Can my access to public records be limited to “by appt. only”?

    Under the California Public Records Act (PRA), records must be available for inspection during the regular office hours of the agency.  Gov’t Code § 6253(a) ("Public records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency and every person has a right to inspect any public record, […]

    August 26, 2016

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    CPRA Newsgathering School Records

    School denies access to all info about coach fired amid rumors players’ were abused.

    The school district that you cover is not the first to clam up when it comes to turning over information or records related to disciplinary actions involving employees.  Although there is, indeed, a "personnel" exemption contained in the Public Records Act that could be construed to exempt certain records about certain employees, using this […]

    March 9, 2014