New CPRA Case Law and Legislation for 2021
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 access to records that may be exempt from disclosure. Occasionally the public’s right of access must yield to exemptions, such as individual privacy rights and defined privileges. However, transparency remains the goal.
Last year, the California Legislature and courts gave further guidance in balancing the rights of the public with those of the individual, aiming to further transparency when appropriate. The bulk of the new CPRA guidance comes from case law because most of the proposed legislation that would have affected the CPRA was sidelined by of the COVID-19 crisis. Some of the legislation that was proposed may resurface in 2021, such as Senate Bill 776, which would have significantly altered Penal Code section 832.7, subdivision (b) and expanded t
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California Medical Facility in Vacaville has set up a tents to help deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
CMF erects tents to deal with inmate Covid outbreak
VACAVILLE The California Medical Facility in Vacaville once again erected tents to help space out the inmate population after a Covid-19 outbreak at the prison.
Lt. Brady Olivias, the public information officer for CMF, said 10 of the 12-man tents were scheduled to be set up Monday.
“Some tents are being set up to spread out our population,” Olivias said. “We had these tents before . . . They were taken down about two months ago.”
California inmates with special needs were among the first to get vaccinations against COVID-19 in the Golden State this week, according to a Tuesday report.
Inmates have started to get vaccinated in California
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Inmates get vaccinated in Stockton and other facilities
STOCKTON, Calif. - Vaccinations against COVID-19 have begun at a California prison facility for inmates with special medical needs, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Sixty-five inmates and employees of California Health Care Facility, Stockton, volunteered to receive the vaccine Tuesday, said Steve Crouch, director of public employees for the International Union of Operating Engineers, which represents maintenance and systems employees.
The employees who received vaccinations are in high-risk positions dealing with potentially infected inmates, Crouch told the Times.
At least 150 of the facility’s 2,400 inmates are positive for COVID-19, the Times said.