Redding intends to keep under wraps a pair of investigative reports on mismanagement and hostile workplace allegations in the electric utility's customer service department.
On Monday, a Los Angeles law firm representing the city denied the Record Searchlight's request for the reports dating to 2008, saying they are exempt from public disclosure because they are part of personnel records.
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Tag: California Public Records Act
University of California may have violated state Public Records Act, experts say
City may require employees to take public records training
LA supervisors, with governor, violate open meetings law: Just another oopsy? No biggie?
By KENNETH F. BUNTING
COLUMBIA, Mo. — It was so ho-hummedly and matter-of-factly reported that few would sense its importance when reading it.
The district attorney’s office found that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors had clearly—and rather flagrantly—violated the state’s open meetings law when they met with Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown in a secret, closed-door meeting last fall to iron out details for moving thousands of state prison inmates to county jails.
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D.A. finds that L.A. County supervisors violated open meetings law
From L.A. Now:
Los Angeles County supervisors violated the law last fall by holding a closed-door meeting with Gov. Jerry Brown to discuss a plan to shift nonviolent state prisoners to county jail and supervision after release, according to the county district attorney's office.
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Councilwoman asks the city clerk who is filing requests under the state Public Records
From Press-Enterprise:
A Menifee councilwoman’s request for the names of people seeking city records has some frequent requesters crying foul.
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California appeals court rules teacher sexual harassment investigation records are public
From SF Gate:
If a school district finds that one of its teachers has sexually harassed a student, a California court says the public has the right to see the records of the investigation.
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Anaheim officials to consider records policy changes
From The Voice of OC:
Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait directed city officials Tuesday night to review the city's records policy for compliance with federal and state laws and to recommend improvements to the policy by next City Council meeting.
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NFOIC’s FOI Friday for January 6, 2012
A few open government and FOIA news items from the last couple days that we might not have drawn attention to earlier:
Expert: Anaheim records policy violates state law
The Anaheim Planning Department's records retention policy violates state law by asking employees to purge certain city records before they are old enough to be legally destroyed, Voice of OC's open-government consultant, Terry Francke, said Wednesday.
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Outsourcing’s effect on government transparency
From Voice of OC:
While cities like Costa Mesa and Santa Ana consider outsourcing numerous city services to the private sector, open-government advocates say that unless cities require companies to disclose records related to those services, members of public wouldn't be entitled to them under state law.
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