Oxnard—During the March 24 Finance & Governance Committee Meeting, the body heard an update on the California Open Records Act (CPRA).
Assistant City Attorney Jason Zaragoza presented the update to the Council, and he started by saying they should accept it and pass it along to the City Council.
“We’re also recommending that it adopt a resolution amending the Full-Time Equivalent Resolution for the City Manager’s Office to add one full-time Administrative Services Analyst Senior Position and reclassify one Senior Service Analyst position effective upon adoption, and take related actions as necessary,” he said.
Zaragoza said the CPRA was enacted in 1968, and its purpose was to provide Government accountability with a goal of maximum transparency and accountability.
“It was modeled after FOIA, enacted in 1967,” he said. “The CPRA was recodified in 2023, numbered, and reorganized. The key under the CPRA is that public agencies throughout California are required to provide copies of records, or allow for records to be inspected upon request, if those records pertain to City business, and are in the possession and control of the City, or a public agency.”
Anyone can make a request, and he said the CPRA requires agencies to respond…
