Many local governments and state agencies in California are happy to assist citizens in their requests for public records, and answer questions about the process. But that doesn’t mean it’s always easy, and sometimes you face agencies, municipalities,or individual government employees who don’t know the law about open records, are lazy or lackadaisical Read more…
California Supreme Court held today that the California Public Records Act (PRA) law provides the public with a right to emails and other communications, such as text messages, regarding government business written or received by public officials and employees, regardless of whether the communication was done using a private account Read more…
The California Public Records Act (California Government Code sections 6250-6276.48, “PRA”) states that all public records in California are open to inspection and copying by anyone. However, the exercise of that right takes a little more nuance than just citing the statute to a state, local, or quasi-municipal agency. So, we sat Read more…