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Employee Information and the CPRA Q: I am curious about the relation between the CPRA and the release of CA State employees’ exact department, classification, and salary information.  I am not a state worker although I work in a state agency and have two close family members who are state employees.  This week it was brought to our attention that a website (www.youradvocacy.com) hosted a list of every state employee, their dept. and title, and

Accessing public payrolls Q: I recently filed a public records request for teacher payroll information with the Los Angeles Unified School District. My request was denied on the grounds that it represented an unreasonable invasion of privacy. It’s my understanding that public employee payroll documents should not be exempt through the “privacy” clause. A fellow student working with me sent an appeal to the district’s superintendent’s office, but to no avail. At this point, we

Public official salaries and the CPRA Q: I’d like to find information on executive salaries for public utility organizations (SMUD, LADWP, WAPA and NCPA).  Can you advise me if these are publicly available records and if so, what’s the best way to obtain them might be? A: The California Public Records Act exempts certain information from disclosure on the basis of personal privacy. (Govt. Code s. 6254(c)). Some public agencies have relied on this exemption

Can compensation to a retired gov. official be public record? Q: A government official recently retired and received monetary reimbursement for unused vacation and sick leave. Can the reimbursement be made available to the public if requested? A: The answer to your question is yes. The California Attorney General has concluded in two opinion letters that the specific compensation of individual government employees is a matter of public record. In a published opinion (68 Ops.