An individual who was stopped in his vehicle by a deputy sheriff requested, pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, 搂 6250 et seq.), that the county sheriff's department produce records relevant to his detention. The sheriff's department refused to provide the records, ...
Petitioner, a newspaper, sought, under the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.),fn. 1 a court order that the District disclose the names and addresses of those customers who exceeded their water allocation during the first period after implementation of the ordinance. Pe...
Statutes which confirm citizens' right to inspect public records declare an express exception for records of investigations conducted by the office of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice. (Gov. Code, § 6254.) The Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement is a component of the Department of ...
The broad definition of public records in section 6252, subdivision (e), "is designed to protect the public's need to be informed regarding the actions of government, as expressed both in the [CPRA] and in the open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (§ 54950 et seq.). [...
[4] The California Public Records Act fn. 5 was enacted in 1968 to safeguard the accountability of government to the public, for secrecy is antithetical to a [143 Cal. App. 3d 772] democratic system of "government of the people, by the people [and] for the people." The Act "was ena...
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq. hereafter the Act), fn. 1 petitioner American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, Inc. (ACLU) sought to inspect and copy, among other things, certain index cards and computer printouts held by defe...