California Public Records Act
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The California Public Records Act is a state law that guarantees public access to government records held by state and local agencies in California, promoting transparency and accountability.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Public Records Act canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6168149 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Public Records Act Context triple: [La Cañada Flintridge City Council, subjectTo, California Public Records Act]
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A.
California Privacy Rights Act
The California Privacy Rights Act is a state privacy law that significantly expands consumer data protection rights and business obligations in California, building on and strengthening the original CCPA framework.
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B.
California Public Resources Code
The California Public Resources Code is a body of state law that governs the conservation, management, and use of California’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources.
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C.
Brown Act open meeting laws of California
The Brown Act open meeting laws of California are state statutes that require local government bodies to conduct their meetings transparently and publicly, ensuring citizens have access to the decision-making process.
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D.
California State Archives
The California State Archives is the official repository for the state’s permanent government records and historical documents, preserving materials such as legislative records, constitutional convention proceedings, and other primary sources related to California’s political and social history.
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E.
California Code of Civil Procedure
The California Code of Civil Procedure is the primary body of statutory law governing civil litigation processes and procedures in the state of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Public Records Act Target entity description: The California Public Records Act is a state law that guarantees public access to government records held by state and local agencies in California, promoting transparency and accountability.
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A.
California Privacy Rights Act
The California Privacy Rights Act is a state privacy law that significantly expands consumer data protection rights and business obligations in California, building on and strengthening the original CCPA framework.
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B.
California Public Resources Code
The California Public Resources Code is a body of state law that governs the conservation, management, and use of California’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources.
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C.
Brown Act open meeting laws of California
The Brown Act open meeting laws of California are state statutes that require local government bodies to conduct their meetings transparently and publicly, ensuring citizens have access to the decision-making process.
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D.
California State Archives
The California State Archives is the official repository for the state’s permanent government records and historical documents, preserving materials such as legislative records, constitutional convention proceedings, and other primary sources related to California’s political and social history.
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E.
California Code of Civil Procedure
The California Code of Civil Procedure is the primary body of statutory law governing civil litigation processes and procedures in the state of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
California state statute
ⓘ
freedom of information law ⓘ public records law ⓘ |
| allows | extension of response time in unusual circumstances ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
California local agencies
ⓘ
California state agencies ⓘ cities in California ⓘ counties in California ⓘ school districts in California ⓘ special districts in California ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | State of California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codifiedAs | California Government Code §6250 et seq. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | California Government Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | exemptions from disclosure ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defaultRule | government records are presumed to be public ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | California State Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
California courts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civil actions by requesters ⓘ |
| exemptionCategory |
law enforcement investigation exemptions
ⓘ
personal privacy exemptions ⓘ privileged attorney-client communications ⓘ trade secret exemptions ⓘ |
| governingBody | State of California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs | access to public records ⓘ |
| grantsRightTo |
inspect public records
ⓘ
obtain copies of public records ⓘ |
| hasAmendment | Proposition 59 (2004) constitutional right of access NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| modeledAfter | federal Freedom of Information Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| providesRemedy |
court order compelling disclosure
ⓘ
recovery of attorneys’ fees for prevailing requesters ⓘ |
| purpose |
to guarantee public access to government records in California
ⓘ
to promote government accountability ⓘ to promote government transparency ⓘ |
| region | Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
California Constitution Article I, Section 3(b)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
California Public Records Act exemptions list ⓘ |
| requires | agencies to respond to records requests within a statutory time period ⓘ |
| responseTime | 10 days to determine whether the request seeks disclosable records ⓘ |
| sectionRange | §6250–§6276.48 ⓘ |
| shortName | CPRA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signedBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1968 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
government transparency in California
ⓘ
open government ⓘ public access to information ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California Public Records Act Description of subject: The California Public Records Act is a state law that guarantees public access to government records held by state and local agencies in California, promoting transparency and accountability.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.