From the Daily Trojan:
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Tag: California Public Records Act
Bill would make California public records easier to search
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for July 27, 2012
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
San Diego County supervisors poised to uphold open meeting law, despite state action
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With California Brown (Act) out, is government there still in the sunshine?
Featured blog from NFOIC Executive Director Kenneth F. Bunting:
COLUMBIA, Mo. — County and school boards, city councils, public commissions and special district governing bodies in the state of California may well continue to hold their meetings in the figurative “sunlight,” as well they should.
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Knight FOI Fund case settled with greater access to emails ensured
Californians Aware and Times sue Coliseum Commission for public records
From Courthouse News Service:
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Times claims in court that a deal to privatize Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was negotiated behind closed doors, and that the Coliseum Commission blew off the newspaper's requests for public records.
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Critics contend bill makes getting utility records harder in California
From SFGate:
One bill intended to increase transparency involving public utility records after the San Bruno disaster has died in the state Legislature, while another measure that some public-access advocates say could be counterproductive has survived.
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A primer on California public records requests
From MercuryNews.com:
When one makes a request for records under the law, the government has 10 calendar days to reply in a specific, formal, if you will, way.
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All of the responsibility to deal with a request and to follow the law is on the government, which is very clearly subordinate to the requester of records. In other words, the public is in charge.
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City of San Diego Council: No New Public Records Fees
From Voice of San Diego:
The City Council approved a plan Monday afternoon that will make copies of some government records more costly, but rejected Mayor Jerry Sanders' push to go even further.
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Second records request sent to area school districts includes definition of misconduct
From Daily Bulletin
Ten local school districts have been asked to provide copies of complaints of teacher misconduct and records of any actions taken as a result of such conduct.
The Public Records Act requests, sent last week by The Sun and the Daily Bulletin, follow queries sent last month to 19 school districts seeking the number of complaints of teacher misconduct in the last five years.
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