04/25/2024

Thomas Peele: California’s Bad Public Records Laws Can Shock Outsiders

It’s around this time each year that a student from another state reacts incredulously to something I’ve said about government access in California during a lecture at the Graduate School of Journalism at Berkeley.

A hand shoots up. “What do you mean you can’t get police reports?”

“What do you mean the courts charge for on-line searches?”

“What do you mean they claim all the records are exempt from disclosure?”

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