California Public Records Act
The California Public Records Act is currently codified at Government Code § 7290.000 et seq.
Everything was re-organized and re-numbered under AB473 and SB823, passed in 2021, to be effective in 2023. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB473
General rule
Gov. Code § 7922.525, former Gov. Code § 6253, subd. (a).
(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 record, exempted as otherwise provided.
(b) Any reasonably segregable portion of a record shall be available for inspection by any person requesting the record after deletion of the portions that are exempted by law.
Relation to federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
CRPA is modeled after FOIA. Therefore, courts look to FOIA for interpretation of CPRA. (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. Deukmeijian (1982) 32 Cal.3d 440, 447.)
Conversion table
| Previous Code | Current Code | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 6250-6276.48 | 7920.000-7930.215 | |
| 6250 | 7921.000 | |
| 6251 | 7920.000 | |
| 6252(a) | 7920.510 | |
| 6252(b) | 7920.515 | |
| 6252(c) | 7920.520 | |
| 6252(d) | 7920.525(a) | |
| 6252(e) | 7920.530 | |
| 6252(f) | 7920.540 | |
| 6252(g) | 7920.545 | |
| 6252.5 | 7921.305 | |
| 6252.6 | 7927.420 | |
| 6252.7 | 7921.310 | |
| 6253(a) | 7922.525 | |
| 6253(a) 1st sent |
7922.525(a) | |
| 6253(a) 2d sent |
7922.525(b) | |
| 6253(b) | 7922.530(a) | |
| 6253(c) | 7922.535 | |
| 6253(c) 1st, 4th sent |
7922.535(a) | |
| 6253(c) 2d, 3d sent |
7922.535(b) | |
| 6253(c) 5th sent |
7922.535(c) | |
| 6253(d) 1st sent |
7922.500 | |
| 6253(d)(1) | 7922.530(b) | |
| 6253(d)(2) | 7922.530(c) | |
| 6253(d)(3) | 7922.540(b) | |
| 6253(e) | 7922.505 | |
| 6253(f) 1st sent |
7922.545(a) | |
| 6253(f) 2d sent |
7922.545(b) | |
| 6253.1(a)-(c) | 7922.600 | |
| 6253.1(d) | 7922.605 | |
| 6253.2 | 7926.300 | |
| 6253.21 | 7927.305 | |
| 6253.3 | 7921.005 |