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Category Archives: California

6 Dec

Research Tip: Online Court Case Index and Documents

Many online court case name lookups also have document images. Some court indexes, as in the one provided by Alameda County, California, only have search and retrieval of documents by case number. The Sacramento County Court Case Management System (CCMS)...
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27 Nov

California Public Records Act requests denied

What’s amiss in this California Public Records Act denial from the Sacramento City Attorney? | View | Upload your...
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3 Nov

California Social Security number redaction bill now law

California bill AB1168, pertaining to the redaction of social security numbers, is now law.The legislative counsel’s analysis summarizes a key element for researchers. This bill would declare the intent of the legislature that, in order to protect against the risk...
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14 Oct

Database of the Day: Who’s been naughty – Delinquent Taxpayers

The California Franchise Tax Board list of delinquent taxpayers (or should-be taxpayers) extends back to 1987. “California Revenue & Taxation Code Section 19195 directs the Franchise Tax Board to publish an annual list of the top 250 taxpayers with liened...
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25 Sep

Find crime on a map or at the VINE

The San Jose Police Department has begun adding crime incidents within the past month to the crime mapping site CrimeReports. The data is maintained for about 30 days so it’s research value is limited. There appear to be 3 other...
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5 Sep

New California government employee salary databases – more for South Dakota and Missouri

The County of Santa Clara released a document listing the salaries of county employees in response to a Public Records Act request by the San Jose Mercury News. At any other time they probably wouldn’t have considered this a public...
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30 Aug

More California public records may become available

A case pushed to the California Supreme Court by the Contra Costa Times, has delivered a victory for open government advocates. The court concluded that the public has a right to know the income of government employees, that disclosure does...
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22 Aug

This week in public records: Connecticut – Florida – Illinois – California

The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch is reviewing family law cases that were sealed before 2003 to determine which are eligible for a change in status, then publishing the list of cases. The court outlines its objective. The plan calls...
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17 Aug

More Oakland California crime mapping

The folks at Oakland Crimespotting have elegantly rendered the crime data (if such attributes can be applied to crime) from the Oakland, California CrimeView, operated by the Oakland Police Department. The Web page opens with crime-specific color coded icons placed...
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24 Jul

Yuba County Sheriff puts sex offender mapping and email notification online

The Yuba County, California Sheriff has added a Sex Offender Registry which allows a search by address, name – or partial first or last name – returning a list of all registered Yuba County sex offenders. Then get an email...
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