BB&K's New Law Guidance for a Happy New Year -
In Part Two of our “In With the New” series, BB&K’s ARC: Advanced Records Center team covers important new legislation and case law related to the California Public Records...more
BB&K to Host Webinar Discussing SB 16 and Agency Duties to Produce Police Records Under Public Records Act -
New police records rules mandating additional disclosures of personnel records will go into effect next year with...more
SB 16 Signed Into Law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on September 30 -
California’s governor signed a package of public safety measures today, including SB 16, which clarifies and expands on the law requiring the disclosure of...more
Gov. Gavin Newsom Must Sign or Veto by October 10 -
The California Legislature approved Sen. Nancy Skinner’s Senate Bill 16 on September 2, putting the question of whether to require disclosure of more police records...more
California Public Records Act Provision Permitting Public Agencies to Charge for “Extraction” Analyzed -
Government agencies are prohibited from charging a fee to redact police body camera footage in response to a...more
5/31/2020
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Police Records Must Be Disclosed Even if Created or Officer Employed By Different Agency, California Appellate Court Says -
The California Attorney General and Department of Justice must disclose all police misconduct...more
2/12/2020
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Part 1: New CPRA Laws for 2020 -
While an expansive array of records can be sought via a California Public Records Act request, the right to inspect public records is not without limits. The CPRA does not give unlimited...more
1/16/2020
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BB&K's Christine Wood Gives Updates on AB 748 and SB 1421 in PublicCEO -
Now, more than ever, Californians have greater access to police personnel records, body and dashboard camera footage and other recordings acquired by...more
12/2/2019
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Video Recordings
In September 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1421, amending sections of California's Penal Code to allow the public to obtain some peace and custodial officer (collectively, peace officer) records with a...more
In the first court ruling on Senate Bill 1421, a judge held that the new California law only applies prospectively, but still requires disclosure of pre-2019 police personnel records in response to Public Record Act requests...more
While an almost exhaustive amount of information can be sought via a Public Records Act request, the right to inspect public records is not without limits. ...more
Senate Bill 1421, which dramatically changed the scope of a public peace officer record, has generated a number of legal challenges since it went into effect on Jan. 1....more
Senate Bill 1421 affords the public access to police personnel records related to reports, investigations and findings, via the California Public Records Act process (not the familiar Pitchess process)....more