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DIVISION 10. ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS [7920.000. - 7931.000.]

Division 10 added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 614, Sec. 2.

§§ 7920.000–7931.000 · 203 sections

  1. PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS §§ 7920.000–7920.545 · 18 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Preliminary Provisions §§ 7920.000–7920.200 · 8 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Short Titles §§ 7920.000–7920.005 · 2 sections
        • § 7920.000 This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Public Records Act.
        • § 7920.005 This division recodifies the provisions of former Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of this title. The act that added this division, and…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Effect of Recodification §§ 7920.100–7920.120 · 5 sections
        • § 7920.100 Nothing in the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021 is intended to substantively change the law relating to inspection of public records. The act is intended to be…
        • § 7920.105 (a) A provision of this division, or any other provision of the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, insofar as it is substantially the same as a previously…
        • § 7920.110 (a) A judicial decision interpreting a previously existing provision is relevant in interpreting any provision of this division, or any other provision of the…
        • § 7920.115 (a) An opinion of the Attorney General interpreting a previously existing provision is relevant in interpreting any provision of this division, or any other…
        • § 7920.120 (a) A judicial decision or Attorney General opinion on the constitutionality of a previously existing provision is relevant in determining the…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Effect of Division § 7920.200 · 1 section
        • § 7920.200 The provisions of this division shall not be deemed in any manner to affect the status of judicial records as it existed immediately before the effective date…
    2. CHAPTER 2. Definitions §§ 7920.500–7920.545 · 10 sections
      • § 7920.500 For purposes of Article 3 (commencing with Section 7928.200) of Chapter 14 of Part 5, “elected or appointed official” includes, but is not limited to, all of…
      • § 7920.505 (a) The following provisions are continuations of provisions that were included in former Section 6254 as that section read when it was repealed by the CPRA…
      • § 7920.510 As used in this division, “local agency” includes any of the following: (a) A county. (b) A city, whether general law or chartered. (c) A city and county. (d)…
      • § 7920.515 As used in this division, “member of the public” means any person other than a member, agent, officer, or employee of a federal, state, or local agency who is…
      • § 7920.520 As used in this division, “person” includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association.
      • § 7920.525 (a) As used in this division, “public agency” means any state or local agency. (b) As used in Article 5 (commencing with Section 7926.400) of Chapter 5 of Part…
      • § 7920.530 (a) As used in this division, “public records” includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of the public’s business prepared, owned,…
      • § 7920.535 As used in this division, “public safety official” means the following parties, whether active or retired: (a) A peace officer as defined in Sections 830 to…
      • § 7920.540 (a) As used in this division, “state agency” means every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other state body or…
      • § 7920.545 As used in this division, “writing” means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or…
  2. PART 2. DISCLOSURE AND EXEMPTIONS GENERALLY §§ 7921.000–7922.210 · 15 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Right of Access to Public Records §§ 7921.000–7921.010 · 3 sections
      • § 7921.000 In enacting this division, the Legislature, mindful of the right of individuals to privacy, finds and declares that access to information concerning the…
      • § 7921.005 A state or local agency may not allow another party to control the disclosure of information that is otherwise subject to disclosure pursuant to this division.
      • § 7921.010 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state or local agency shall sell, exchange, furnish, or otherwise provide a public record subject to…
    2. CHAPTER 2. General Rules Governing Disclosure §§ 7921.300–7921.710 · 8 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Nondiscrimination §§ 7921.300–7921.310 · 3 sections
        • § 7921.300 This division does not allow limitations on access to a public record based upon the purpose for which the record is being requested, if the record is…
        • § 7921.305 (a) Notwithstanding the definition of “member of the public” in Section 7920.515, an elected member or officer of any state or local agency is entitled to…
        • § 7921.310 Notwithstanding Section 7921.305 or any other provision of law, when the members of a legislative body of a local agency are authorized to access a writing of…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Voluntary Disclosure §§ 7921.500–7921.505 · 2 sections
        • § 7921.500 Unless disclosure is otherwise prohibited by law, the provisions listed in Section 7920.505 do not prevent any agency from opening its records concerning the…
        • § 7921.505 (a) As used in this section, “agency” includes a member, agent, officer, or employee of the agency acting within the scope of that membership, agency, office,…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Disclosure to District Attorney and Related Matters §§ 7921.700–7921.710 · 3 sections
        • § 7921.700 A state or local agency shall allow an inspection or copying of any public record or class of public records not exempted by this division when requested by a…
        • § 7921.705 (a) If a district attorney makes a request to a state or local agency to inspect or receive a copy of a public record or class of public records not exempted…
        • § 7921.710 Disclosure of records to a district attorney under the provisions of this division shall effect no change in the status of the records under any other…
    3. CHAPTER 3. General Rules Governing Exemptions from Disclosure §§ 7922.000–7922.210 · 4 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Justification for Withholding of Record § 7922.000 · 1 section
        • § 7922.000 An agency shall justify withholding any record by demonstrating that the record in question is exempt under express provisions of this division, or that on the…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Social Security Numbers and Related Matters §§ 7922.200–7922.210 · 3 sections
        • § 7922.200 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in order to protect against the risk of identity theft, a local agency shall redact social security numbers from…
        • § 7922.205 Nothing in this division shall be construed to require the disclosure by a county recorder of any “official record,” if a “public record” version of that…
        • § 7922.210 Nothing in this division shall be construed to require the disclosure by a filing office of any “official filing,” if a “public filing” version of that record…
  3. PART 3. PROCEDURES AND RELATED MATTERS §§ 7922.500–7922.725 · 23 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Request for a Public Record §§ 7922.500–7922.605 · 13 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. General Principles §§ 7922.500–7922.505 · 2 sections
        • § 7922.500 Nothing in this division shall be construed to permit an agency to delay or obstruct the inspection or copying of public records.
        • § 7922.505 Except as otherwise prohibited by law, a state or local agency may adopt requirements for itself that allow for faster, more efficient, or greater access to…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Procedural Requirements Generally §§ 7922.525–7922.545 · 5 sections
        • § 7922.525 (a) Public records are open to inspection at all times during the office hours of a state or local agency and every person has a right to inspect any public…
        • § 7922.530 (a) Except with respect to public records exempt from disclosure by express provisions of law, each state or local agency, upon a request for a copy of records…
        • § 7922.535 (a) Each agency, upon a request for a copy of records, shall, within 10 days from receipt of the request, determine whether the request, in whole or in part,…
        • § 7922.540 (a) A response to a written request for inspection or copies of public records that includes a determination that the request is denied, in whole or in part,…
        • § 7922.545 (a) In addition to maintaining public records for public inspection during its office hours, a public agency may comply with Section 7922.525 by posting any…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Information in Electronic Format §§ 7922.570–7922.585 · 4 sections
        • § 7922.570 (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, any agency that has information that constitutes an identifiable public record not exempt from disclosure pursuant to…
        • § 7922.575 (a) The cost of duplication of an electronic record pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 7922.570 shall be limited to the direct cost of…
        • § 7922.580 (a) Nothing in Section 7922.570 or 7922.575 shall be construed to require a public agency to reconstruct a record in an electronic format if the agency no…
        • § 7922.585 (a) As used in this section, “computer software” includes computer mapping systems, computer programs, and computer graphics systems. (b) Computer software…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Duty to Assist in Formulating Request §§ 7922.600–7922.605 · 2 sections
        • § 7922.600 (a) When a member of the public requests to inspect a public record or obtain a copy of a public record, the public agency, in order to assist the member of…
        • § 7922.605 This article shall not apply to a request for public records if any of the following applies: (a) The public agency makes the requested records available…
    2. CHAPTER 2. Agency Regulations, Guidelines, Systems, and Similar Matters §§ 7922.630–7922.725 · 10 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Agency Regulations and Guidelines §§ 7922.630–7922.640 · 3 sections
        • § 7922.630 Every agency may adopt regulations in accordance with this article stating the procedures to be followed when making its records available.
        • § 7922.635 (a) The following state and local bodies shall establish written guidelines for accessibility of records: (1) All regional water quality control boards. (2)…
        • § 7922.640 (a) Guidelines and regulations adopted pursuant to this article shall be consistent with all other sections of this division and shall reflect the intention of…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Internet Resources § 7922.680 · 1 section
        • § 7922.680 If a local agency, except a school district, maintains an internet resource, including, but not limited to, an internet website, internet web page, or internet…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Catalog of Enterprise Systems §§ 7922.700–7922.725 · 6 sections
        • § 7922.700 For purposes of this article: (a) “Enterprise system” means a software application or computer system that satisfies all of the following conditions: (1) It…
        • § 7922.705 For purposes of this article, “system of record” means a system that serves as an original source of data within an agency.
        • § 7922.710 (a) In implementing this division, each local agency, except a local educational agency, shall create a catalog of enterprise systems. (b) The local agency…
        • § 7922.715 (a) The catalog of enterprise systems required by Section 7922.710 shall be made publicly available upon request in the office of the person or officer…
        • § 7922.720 (a) The catalog of enterprise systems required by Section 7922.710 shall disclose a list of the enterprise systems utilized by the agency. (b) For each system,…
        • § 7922.725 (a) This article shall not be interpreted to limit a person’s right to inspect public records pursuant to this division. (b) Nothing in this article shall be…
  4. PART 4. ENFORCEMENT §§ 7923.000–7923.500 · 7 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. General Principles §§ 7923.000–7923.005 · 2 sections
      • § 7923.000 Any person may institute a proceeding for injunctive or declarative relief, or for a writ of mandate, in any court of competent jurisdiction, to enforce that…
      • § 7923.005 In a proceeding under Section 7923.000, the court shall set the times for hearings and responsive pleadings with the object of securing a decision as to the…
    2. CHAPTER 2. Enforcement Procedure §§ 7923.100–7923.500 · 5 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Petition to Superior Court §§ 7923.100–7923.115 · 4 sections
        • § 7923.100 Whenever it is made to appear, by verified petition to the superior court of the county where the records or some part thereof are situated, that certain…
        • § 7923.105 The court shall decide the case after the court does all of the following: (a) Examine the record in camera, if permitted by subdivision (b) of Section 915 of…
        • § 7923.110 (a) If the court finds that the public official’s decision to refuse disclosure is not justified under Section 7922.000 or any provision listed in Section…
        • § 7923.115 (a) If the requester prevails in litigation filed pursuant to this chapter, the court shall award court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the requester.…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Writ Review and Contempt § 7923.500 · 1 section
        • § 7923.500 (a) An order of the court, either directing disclosure by a public official or supporting the decision of the public official refusing disclosure, is not a…
  5. PART 5. SPECIFIC TYPES OF PUBLIC RECORDS §§ 7923.600–7929.610 · 113 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Crimes, Weapons, and Law Enforcement §§ 7923.600–7923.805 · 15 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Law Enforcement Records Generally §§ 7923.600–7923.630 · 8 sections
        • § 7923.600 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of records of complaints to, or…
        • § 7923.601 (a) This division does not require the disclosure in response to a request for records filed under the California Public Records Act, of peace officer…
        • § 7923.605 (a) Notwithstanding Section 7923.600, a state or local law enforcement agency shall disclose the names and addresses of persons involved in, or witnesses other…
        • § 7923.610 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a state or local law enforcement agency shall make public all of the following information, except to the…
        • § 7923.615 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a state or local law enforcement agency shall make public the information described in paragraph…
        • § 7923.620 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if the requester declares under penalty of perjury that the request is made for a scholarly,…
        • § 7923.625 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, commencing July 1, 2019, a video or audio recording that relates to a critical incident, as defined in…
        • § 7923.630 (a) Immediately before the CPRA Recodification Act of 2021, the other provisions in this article comprised a single subdivision of former Section 6254…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Obtaining Access to Law Enforcement Records §§ 7923.650–7923.655 · 2 sections
        • § 7923.650 The exemption of records of complaints to, or investigations conducted by, any state or local agency for licensing purposes under Article 1 (commencing with…
        • § 7923.655 (a) A state or local law enforcement agency shall not require a victim of an incident, or an authorized representative of a victim, to show proof of the…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Records of Emergency Communications to Public Safety Authorities § 7923.700 · 1 section
        • § 7923.700 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of a record obtained pursuant to paragraph (2)…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Records Specifically Relating to Crime Victims §§ 7923.750–7923.755 · 2 sections
        • § 7923.750 (a) This division does not require disclosure of a video or audio recording that was created during the commission or investigation of the crime of rape,…
        • § 7923.755 (a) This division does not require disclosure of a record of the California Victim Compensation Board that relates to a request for assistance under Article 1…
      5. ARTICLE 5. Firearm Licenses and Related Records §§ 7923.800–7923.805 · 2 sections
        • § 7923.800 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of any of the following information contained in…
        • § 7923.805 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of the home address or telephone number of any…
    2. CHAPTER 2. Election Materials and Petitions §§ 7924.000–7924.110 · 5 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Voter Information §§ 7924.000–7924.005 · 2 sections
        • § 7924.000 (a) Except as provided in Section 2194 of the Elections Code, both of the following are confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person: (1) The home…
        • § 7924.005 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 7920.510, 7920.515, 7920.520, 7920.530, 7920.540, 7920.545, 7922.545, subdivision (a) of Section 7920.525, subdivision (b) of…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Initiative, Referendum, Recall, and Other Petitions and Related Materials §§ 7924.100–7924.110 · 3 sections
        • § 7924.100 As used in this article, “petition” means any petition to which a registered voter has affixed the voter’s own signature.
        • § 7924.105 As used in this article, “proponent of the petition” means the following: (a) For a statewide initiative or referendum measure, the person who submits a draft…
        • § 7924.110 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 7920.510, 7920.515, 7920.520, 7920.530, 7920.540, 7920.545, 7922.545, subdivision (a) of Section 7920.525, subdivision (b) of…
    3. CHAPTER 3. Environmental Protection, Building Standards, and Safety Requirements §§ 7924.300–7924.900 · 13 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Pesticide Safety and Efficacy Information Disclosable Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act §§ 7924.300–7924.335 · 8 sections
        • § 7924.300 If both of the following conditions are satisfied, nothing in this division exempts from public disclosure the same categories of pesticide safety and efficacy…
        • § 7924.305 (a) The Director of Pesticide Regulation, upon the director’s initiative, or upon receipt of a request pursuant to this division for the release of data…
        • § 7924.310 (a) Unless the applicant or registrant consents to disclosure of information that the applicant or registrant submits to the state pursuant to Article 4…
        • § 7924.315 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if the Director of Pesticide Regulation determines that information submitted by an applicant or…
        • § 7924.320 The Director of Pesticide Regulation shall maintain records of the names of persons to whom data is disclosed pursuant to this article and the persons or…
        • § 7924.325 The Director of Pesticide Regulation may limit an individual to one request per month pursuant to this article if the director determines that a person has…
        • § 7924.330 (a) Any officer or employee of the state, or former officer or employee of the state, who, because of this employment or official position, obtains possession…
        • § 7924.335 This article shall be operative only so long as, and to the extent that, enforcement of Section 10(d)(1) of the federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Pollution §§ 7924.500–7924.510 · 3 sections
        • § 7924.500 Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of records that relate to volatile organic compound or chemical substance information received or compiled by…
        • § 7924.505 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of financial data contained in an…
        • § 7924.510 (a) Any information, analysis, plan, or specification that discloses the nature, extent, quantity, or degree of an air contaminant or other pollution that any…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Building Standards and Safety Requirements § 7924.700 · 1 section
        • § 7924.700 (a) A record of a notice or an order that is directed to the owner of any building and relates to violation of a housing or building code, ordinance, statute,…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Enforcement Orders § 7924.900 · 1 section
        • § 7924.900 (a) Every final enforcement order issued by an agency listed in subdivision (b) under any provision of law that is administered by an entity listed in…
    4. CHAPTER 4. Financial Records and Tax Records §§ 7925.000–7925.015 · 4 sections
      • § 7925.000 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of information required from any taxpayer in…
      • § 7925.005 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of a statement of personal worth or personal…
      • § 7925.010 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of any of the following records: (a) Financial…
      • § 7925.015 This division does not require the disclosure of records that the Controller and third-party auditors obtain the possession of as a result of an examination of…
    5. CHAPTER 5. Health Care §§ 7926.000–7926.500 · 19 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Accreditation § 7926.000 · 1 section
        • § 7926.000 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of a final accreditation report of the Joint…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Advance Health Care Directive and Related Matters § 7926.100 · 1 section
        • § 7926.100 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of any information…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Contracts and Negotiations §§ 7926.200–7926.235 · 8 sections
        • § 7926.200 The provisions listed in Section 7920.505 do not prevent any health facility from disclosing to a certified bargaining agent relevant financing information…
        • § 7926.205 (a) Nothing in this division or any other provision of law requires disclosure of records of a health plan that is licensed pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health…
        • § 7926.210 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of any records of a local…
        • § 7926.215 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and the provisions listed in Section 7920.505, this division does not require disclosure of records of…
        • § 7926.220 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records of a state agency related to…
        • § 7926.225 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance…
        • § 7926.230 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance…
        • § 7926.235 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records of the Managed Risk Medical Insurance…
      4. ARTICLE 4. In-Home Supportive Services and Personal Care Services § 7926.300 · 1 section
        • § 7926.300 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, information regarding persons paid by the state to provide in-home supportive services pursuant to…
      5. ARTICLE 5. Reproductive Health Services Facility §§ 7926.400–7926.430 · 7 sections
        • § 7926.400 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Contractor” means an individual or entity that contracts with a…
        • § 7926.405 This division does not require disclosure of any personal information received, collected, or compiled by a public agency regarding the employees, volunteers,…
        • § 7926.410 (a) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain access to…
        • § 7926.415 (a) In order for this article to apply to an individual who is an employee, volunteer, board member, officer, or contractor of a reproductive health services…
        • § 7926.420 The privacy protections for personal information authorized pursuant to this article are effective from the time of notification pursuant to Section 7926.415…
        • § 7926.425 Within 90 days of separation of an employee, contractor, volunteer, board member, or officer of the reproductive health services facility who has provided…
        • § 7926.430 This section does not prevent a government agency from disclosing data regarding the age, race, ethnicity, national origin, or gender of individuals whose…
      6. ARTICLE 6. Websites and Related Matters § 7926.500 · 1 section
        • § 7926.500 In implementing this division, each health care district shall maintain an internet website in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 32139 of the Health…
    6. CHAPTER 6. Historically or Culturally Significant Matters §§ 7927.000–7927.005 · 2 sections
      • § 7927.000 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of any of the following: (a) Records of Native…
      • § 7927.005 Nothing in this division requires disclosure of records that relate to archaeological site information and reports maintained by, or in the possession of, the…
    7. CHAPTER 7. Library Records and Similar Matters §§ 7927.100–7927.105 · 2 sections
      • § 7927.100 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of library circulation records kept for the…
      • § 7927.105 (a) As used in this section, the term “patron use records” includes both of the following: (1) Any written or electronic record that is used to identify a…
    8. CHAPTER 8. Litigation Records and Similar Matters §§ 7927.200–7927.205 · 2 sections
      • § 7927.200 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of any of the following records: (a) Records…
      • § 7927.205 Nothing in this division or any other provision of law requires disclosure of a memorandum submitted to a state body or to the legislative body of a local…
    9. CHAPTER 9. Miscellaneous Public Records §§ 7927.300–7927.305 · 2 sections
      • § 7927.300 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of geological and geophysical data, plant production…
      • § 7927.305 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division to the contrary, information regarding family childcare providers, as defined in subdivision (b) of…
    10. CHAPTER 10. Personal Information and Customer Records §§ 7927.400–7927.430 · 7 sections
      • § 7927.400 Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of records that relate to electronically collected personal information, as defined by Section 11015.5, that…
      • § 7927.405 Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of the residence or mailing address of any person in any record of the Department of Motor Vehicles except in…
      • § 7927.410 Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of the name, credit history, utility usage data, home address, or telephone number of a utility customer of a…
      • § 7927.415 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510 and 7924.700, nothing in this division requires disclosure of records that are the residence address of any person…
      • § 7927.420 Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 827 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, after the death of a foster child who is a minor, the…
      • § 7927.425 This division does not require the disclosure of the following records and information provided to the Controller’s office: (a) Records related to statements…
      • § 7927.430 A Judicial Council form provided to request service pursuant to Section 26666.10, and the information contained therein, is confidential and shall not be…
    11. CHAPTER 11. Preliminary Drafts and Similar Materials § 7927.500 · 1 section
      • § 7927.500 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…
    12. CHAPTER 12. Private Industry §§ 7927.600–7927.605 · 2 sections
      • § 7927.600 Whenever a city and county or a joint powers agency, pursuant to a mandatory statute or charter provision to collect private industry wage data for salary…
      • § 7927.605 (a) Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of records that are any of the following: corporate financial records, corporate proprietary information…
    13. CHAPTER 13. Private Records, Privileged Materials, and Other Records Protected by Law From Disclosure §§ 7927.700–7927.710 · 3 sections
      • § 7927.700 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of personnel, medical, or similar files, the…
      • § 7927.705 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records, the disclosure of which is exempted or…
      • § 7927.710 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division to the contrary, information regarding transportation network company drivers, as defined by Section…
    14. CHAPTER 14. Public Employee or Official §§ 7928.000–7928.410 · 11 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. The Governor §§ 7928.000–7928.015 · 4 sections
        • § 7928.000 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of correspondence of and to the Governor or…
        • § 7928.005 (a) When the Governor leaves office, either voluntarily or involuntarily, public records in the custody or control of the Governor shall be transferred to the…
        • § 7928.010 (a) (1) For a Governor who held office between 1974 and 1988, Section 7928.005 does not apply to public records or other writings that were in the Governor’s…
        • § 7928.015 (a) The Secretary of State may appraise and manage new or existing records that are subject to Section 7928.005 or 7928.010 to determine whether the records…
      2. ARTICLE 2. The Legislature § 7928.100 · 1 section
        • § 7928.100 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of any records that are…
      3. ARTICLE 3. Online Posting or Sale of Personal Information of Elected or Appointed Official §§ 7928.200–7928.205 · 2 sections
        • § 7928.200 (a) Nothing in this article is intended to preclude punishment instead under Section 69, 76, or 422 of the Penal Code, or any other law. (b) An interactive…
        • § 7928.205 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 7922.545, no state or local agency shall publicly post the home address, telephone number, or both the name and…
      4. ARTICLE 4. Personal Information of Agency Employee § 7928.300 · 1 section
        • § 7928.300 (a) The home addresses, home telephone numbers, personal cellular telephone numbers, and birthdates of all employees of a public agency shall not be deemed to…
      5. ARTICLE 5. Employment Contracts of Government Employees and Related Matters §§ 7928.400–7928.410 · 3 sections
        • § 7928.400 Every employment contract between a state or local agency and any public official or public employee is a public record that is not subject to Section 7922.000…
        • § 7928.405 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of records of state agencies related to…
        • § 7928.410 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require the disclosure of records of local agencies related to…
    15. CHAPTER 15. Public Entity Spending, Finances, and Oversight §§ 7928.700–7928.801 · 7 sections
      1. ARTICLE 1. Access in General §§ 7928.700–7928.720 · 5 sections
        • § 7928.700 Notwithstanding any contract term to the contrary, a contract entered into by a state or local agency subject to this division, including the University of…
        • § 7928.705 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of the contents of real…
        • § 7928.710 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Alternative investment” means an investment in a private equity fund, venture fund,…
        • § 7928.715 Nothing in this division requires disclosure of an identification number, alphanumeric character, or other unique identifying code that a public agency uses to…
        • § 7928.720 Notwithstanding Sections 7920.510, 7920.515, 7920.520, 7920.530, 7920.540, and 7920.545, and subdivision (a) of Section 7920.525, an itemized statement of the…
      2. ARTICLE 2. Requirements Specific to Online Access §§ 7928.800–7928.801 · 2 sections
        • § 7928.800 In implementing this division, each independent special district shall maintain an internet website in accordance with Section 53087.8.
        • § 7928.801 (a) Any executed contract for the purchase of goods or services by a state or local agency, including the price and terms of payment, is a public record…
    16. CHAPTER 16. Regulation of Financial Institutions and Securities §§ 7929.000–7929.011 · 4 sections
      • § 7929.000 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records contained in, or related to, any of the…
      • § 7929.005 (a) Any information reported to the North American Securities Administrators Association/Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and compiled as disciplinary…
      • § 7929.010 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Customer” means a person or entity that has transacted or is transacting business with…
      • § 7929.011 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the following information and records of a bank, as defined in Section 63010, shall not be subject to…
    17. CHAPTER 17. Security Measures and Related Matters §§ 7929.200–7929.215 · 4 sections
      • § 7929.200 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of a document prepared by or for a state or local…
      • § 7929.205 (a) As used in this section, “voluntarily submitted” means submitted without the Office of Emergency Services exercising any legal authority to compel access…
      • § 7929.210 (a) Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of an information security record of a public agency, if, on the facts of the particular case, disclosure…
      • § 7929.215 Nothing in this division or any other law requires disclosure of a risk assessment or railroad infrastructure protection program filed with the Public…
    18. CHAPTER 18. State Compensation Insurance Fund §§ 7929.400–7929.430 · 7 sections
      • § 7929.400 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records of the State Compensation Insurance Fund…
      • § 7929.405 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records of the State Compensation Insurance Fund…
      • § 7929.410 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records of the State Compensation Insurance Fund…
      • § 7929.415 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records of the State Compensation Insurance Fund…
      • § 7929.420 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of records of the State Compensation Insurance…
      • § 7929.425 (a) Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, this division does not require disclosure of internal audits of the State Compensation…
      • § 7929.430 (a) For purposes of this section, “fully executed” means the point in time when all of the necessary parties to a contract have signed the contract. (b) Except…
    19. CHAPTER 19. Test Materials, Test Results, and Related Matters §§ 7929.600–7929.610 · 3 sections
      • § 7929.600 Nothing in this division requires the disclosure of the results of a test undertaken pursuant to Section 12804.8 of the Vehicle Code.
      • § 7929.605 Except as provided in Sections 7924.510, 7924.700, and 7929.610, and in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 99150) of Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the…
      • § 7929.610 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions listed in Section 7920.505, upon the request of any Member of the Legislature or upon request of the Governor or the…
  6. PART 6. OTHER EXEMPTIONS FROM DISCLOSURE §§ 7930.000–7930.215 · 26 sections
    1. CHAPTER 1. Introductory Provisions §§ 7930.000–7930.005 · 2 sections
      • § 7930.000 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to assist members of the public and state and local agencies in identifying exemptions to the California Public Records…
      • § 7930.005 Records or information not required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 7927.705 may include, but shall not be limited to, records or information identified in…
    2. CHAPTER 2. Alphabetical List §§ 7930.100–7930.215 · 24 sections
      • § 7930.100 The following constitutional provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Crime victims,…
      • § 7930.105 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Acquired immunodeficiency…
      • § 7930.110 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Aeronautics Act, reports of…
      • § 7930.115 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Bank and Corporation Tax,…
      • § 7930.120 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Cable television subscriber…
      • § 7930.125 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Cancer registries,…
      • § 7930.130 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Conservatee, confidentiality of…
      • § 7930.135 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Dairy Council of California,…
      • § 7930.140 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Educational…
      • § 7930.145 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Family court records, Section…
      • § 7930.150 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Gambling Control Act, exemption…
      • § 7930.155 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Hazardous substance tax…
      • § 7930.160 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Improper governmental…
      • § 7930.165 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Joint Legislative Ethics…
      • § 7930.170 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Managed Risk Medical Insurance…
      • § 7930.175 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Narcotic and drug abuse…
      • § 7930.180 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Parole revocation proceedings,…
      • § 7930.185 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Pregnancy tests by local public…
      • § 7930.190 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Radioactive materials,…
      • § 7930.195 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Safe surrender site,…
      • § 7930.200 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: State agency activities…
      • § 7930.205 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Taxpayer information,…
      • § 7930.210 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Unclaimed property, Controller…
      • § 7930.215 The following provisions may operate to exempt certain records, or portions thereof, from disclosure pursuant to this division: Wards and dependent children,…
  7. PART 7. Operative Date § 7931.000 · 1 section
    • § 7931.000 This division shall become operative on January 1, 2023.