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.
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 |