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CPRA Requesters Could Pay Agency Costs to Store Emails

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Requesters Must Post an Undertaking if Public Agency Will Suffer Certain Damages During Injunction Proceedings - A California Public Records Act appellate court decision may require requesters to post an undertaking to...more

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CPRA: The Only Constant is Change

ARC’s Christine Wood Discusses Calif. Public Records Act Updates in Riverside Lawyer Magazine - A public agency’s release of public records is a hot button issue for policy wonks, community advocates and conspiracy...more

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Emails and E-Discovery: California Public Records Act - BB&K's Christine Woods Explores San Jose Ruling Repercussions in PublicCEO

When does a public employee’s personal privacy interests outweigh the public’s right to access records? Originally Published in PublicCEO - July 18,2018....more

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New Laws Part I: 2018 Brings Campaign, Election and Records Reforms

From bumping up the statewide primary election date to protecting the personal information of public employees and making campaign contributions more transparent, state lawmakers passed a wave of laws regarding campaigns,...more

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Government Employees Can’t Hide Behind Their Private Email Accounts: California Supreme Court Expands Public Records Definition To...

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The use of private email servers and communications devices by government officials was a major issue in the 2016 election, from the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email practices to the hacking of a private email account...more

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First Quarter CEQA Update in Under 60 Seconds

Okay, maybe slightly longer than 60 seconds. The point being, though, that CEQA case updates really should not read like law school case briefs. Long discussion of the lower court’s findings? No thank you. ...more

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Public Records Act And The Price Of Privacy: Part 2

In part 1 of this two-part series we discussed how the City of San Jose v. Superior Court (Smith) will forever change the nature of public service. In part 2, we will offer practical suggestions to respond to this change. ...more

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Public Records Act And The Price Of Privacy: Part 1

In part 1 of this two-part series we’ll discuss how the City of San Jose v. Superior Court (Smith) will forever change the nature of public service. In part 2, we will offer practical suggestions to respond to this change. ...more

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California Public Employees' Personal Accounts May Be Subject to Public Records Act Requests

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In City of San Jose v. Superior Court, No. S218066 (Cal. Mar. 2, 2017), the Supreme Court of California decided unanimously that communications made or stored on a public employee's personal account, including emails sent...more

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California Supreme Court Rules that Texts and Emails on Personal Devices May Be Considered Public Records

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The California Supreme Court recently held in City of San Jose v. Superior Court, California Supreme Court Case No. S218066, that public employees' digital messages existing in private electronic devices (e.g., smartphones...more

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Is a Private Email a Public Record? Context Matters!

In deciding last week that communications on public agency employees’ private devices may be subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act, the California Supreme Court included some direction to help make the...more

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California Supreme Court Rules Public Officials' and Employees' Personal Accounts Do Not Escape Reach of Public Records Act

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On March 2, 2017, the California Supreme Court ruled in City of San Jose v. Superior Court that where a public employee uses a personal email account or texts to communicate about the conduct of public business, those...more

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Are Private E-mails & Text Messages “Public Records?”

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Decision Expected Soon from California Supreme Court - Public agencies in California should prepare for the likelihood that communications on officials’ and employees’ private devices related to the agency’s “conduct of...more

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California Appellate Court Addresses Release of City Attorney’s Private E-mails

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An appellate court ordered a trial court judge to reconsider his order that e-mails to and from the San Diego city attorney’s personal account be released publicly. The League of California Cities argued that e-mails between...more

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Emails and Text Messages On Personal Devices Subject to Public Records Act - Judge’s Ruling Demonstrates Risk to Public Agencies;...

A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge recently ruled that emails and text messages concerning city business but stored on a public official’s personal device are subject to the Public Records Act (PRA). The PRA request at...more

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