California Cops Can No Longer Pass the Cost of Digital Redaction onto Public Records Requesters
▻https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/california-cops-can-no-longer-pass-cost-digital-redaction-public-records
At a dark time when the possibility of police accountability seems especially bleak, there is a new glimmer of light courtesy of the California Supreme Court. Under a new ruling, government agencies cannot pass the cost of redacting police body-camera footage and other digital public records onto the members of the public who requested them under the California Public Records Act (CPRA). The case, National Lawyers Guild vs. Hayward was brought by civil rights groups against the City of (...)
