{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"7927.500","citation":"Gov. Code, § 7927.500","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL [100. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 10. ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS [7920.000. - 7931.000.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10"},{"name":"PART 5. SPECIFIC TYPES OF PUBLIC RECORDS [7923.600. - 7929.610.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10/part-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 11. Preliminary Drafts and Similar Materials [7927.500. - 7927.500.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-1/division-10/part-5/chapter-11"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2.   (AB 473)   Effective January 1, 2022.   Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 7931.000.","effective":"2022-01-01","html":"<p>Except as provided in Sections <a href=\"/gov/7924.510\">7924.510</a>, <a href=\"/gov/7924.700\">7924.700</a>, and <a href=\"/gov/7929.610\">7929.610</a>, this division does not require disclosure of any preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intraagency memoranda that are not retained by a public agency in the ordinary course of business, if the public interest in withholding those records clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure. </p>","text":"Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of any preliminary drafts, notes, or interagency or intraagency memoranda that are not retained by a public agency in the ordinary course of business, if the public interest in withholding those records clearly outweighs the public interest in disclosure.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/preliminary-drafts-and-similar-materials-7927-500","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}